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MAY 2015
12th ODTÜ International ELT Convention
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Table of Contents
Convention Theme
Program Committee
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Welcome message from the Department Chair
Message from the Convention Organizers
General Information
Sponsors
Plenary Talks 7
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English Language Theatre
Venue Floor Plan
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Social Events
Panel Discussion
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Poster Presentations Monday, May 25 Tuesday, May 26 Presenters Index Convention Program
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Convention Theme
What the 21st century has brought to our lives in terms of social, cultural, and technological
change has highly influenced the way we think, we teach and we learn. We are now more aware
of the fact that every learner has diverse needs, expectations, reactions and motivations. For this
reason, the concept of ‘diversity’, which involves embracing people from different social and
cultural backgrounds and encompasses acceptance and respect, can be considered as one of the
core points in foreign language education.
Based on the basic principle “One size does not fit all”, the 12th ODTÜ International ELT
Convention aims to cover the issues related to (but not limited to) the following aspects of foreign language education within the framework of ‘diversity’:
• Diversity in student and teacher profile
• Diversity in teaching and learning practices
• Diversity in assessment techniques, methodology and material design
• Diversity in teacher training and continuous professional development
• Diversity in the use of English grammar, pronunciation and skills
• Cultural diversity
We would like to welcome you all to the 12th ODTÜ International ELT Convention to
embrace both the mainstream and exceptions, to blend traditional with modern, and to celebrate diversity by sharing different perspectives, applications and practices in foreign language
education.
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Program Committee
Chair
Aliye Hale Bingöl
Convention Organizers
Burçin Kağıtcı Yıldız & Sema Turan
Proposal Evaluation Committee
(in alphabetical order)
Defne Akıncı Midas
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joshua Bear
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurten Birlik
Prof. Dr. Hüsnü Enginarlar
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Betil Eröz Tuğa
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiler Hatipoğlu
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bilal Kırkıcı
Suzan Öniz, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurdan Özbek Gürbüz
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek
Dr. Deniz Şallı Çopur
Sibel Tüzel Kandiller
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Welcoming Message from
the Chairperson
It is common knowledge that every human being is a unique
creation and not two people are alike. All over the world, the societies which are made up of those individuals are also different,
demonstrating customs and traditions peculiar to them. The learning and teaching environments are no different. As ELT teachers,
we all know that each class has a different chemistry, and each and
every learner is only one of its kind. This is diversity in its true
sense. Diversity is what makes life colorful, experiences worthwhile, and lifelong journey of teaching and learning meaningful.
Diversity means we are always learning; there is always a new unaccounted situation that requires our attention. Diversity is there
for us to make the best of it, to acknowledge it, and to celebrate it.
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In our 12 ELT Convention, we wanted to welcome as many aspects of teaching and learning
as possible to share and benefit from our unique and wide range of diverse experiences from
different walks of ELT settings and to benefit from them.
With almost the same aim in mind the first METU ELT Convention was organized in 1991.
This endeavor became so successful that this year we are coming together for the 12th time.
Each convention has had a different theme, and thus the idea of holding an international convention by itself has been a manifestation of how we celebrate the diversities at the Department
of Basic English.
Organizing and convening an international conference is an arduous work. All of this would
not have become a reality if it were not for the dedicated work of our convention organizers,
Burçin Kağıtçı Yıldız and Sema Turan. I would like to express my deepest thanks to them.
I would also like to thank Özlem Atalay, Director of the School of Foreign Languages, for her
support.
On behalf of my department, the Department of Basic English, I would like to express my
gratitude to Prof. Dr. Ahmet Acar, the President of the Middle East Technical University, for
making the facilities at the university available for this event.
Finally, I thank and welcome all our presenters and participants whose invaluable contributions to our Convention help paint all the different shades in the spectrum of the ELT world and
pave the ways for future conventions.
Let’s celebrate our diversities and make up a beautiful whole by sharing them in the 12th
ODTÜ International ELT Convention. I hope, as always, this convention can be a platform for
invaluable information exchange.
Aliye Hale Bingöl
Chairperson
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A Message from the
“Without continual growth
and progress, such words as
improvement, achievement,
and success have no
meaning.”
Benjamin Franklin
Dear Colleagues,
The purpose of the 12th ODTÜ International ELT Convention is to bring together scholars
and teachers from different countries, diverse cultures and backgrounds in order to interact,
share experiences, and exchange views with each other so that we can contribute to the rationale
behind our conference theme ‘Diversity’. We would like to thank you all for accompanying us
on this journey of professional development.
We would like to thank our Department Chair Ms. Hale Bingöl, the Director of School of
Foreign Languages Özlem Atalay, the evaluation committee, all our dearest colleagues and student assistants for their support throughout the process. We also would like to thank all the participants, presenters and plenary speakers who take part in this event for their genuine interest.
We hope this convention will be a unique experience for all of us, and you find it personally
and professionally rewarding.
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General Information
Welcome!
Welcome to the 12th ODTÜ International ELT Convention.
This biennial convention brings together ELT professionals from different parts of the world to discuss and develop their ideas.
This year you will enjoy five plenary sessions and over 100 concurrent sessions consisting of interactive research paper presentations, workshops, posters, PhD workshops and e-sessions.
Plenary Speakers
At this year’s convention there will be five inspiring plenary sessions. All the plenary sessions will
take place in Kemal Kurdas Hall. These sessions will be presented by the following speakers:
Suresh
Canagarajah
Deena
Boraie
Luke
Prodromou
Betil Eröz
Tuğa
Lindsay
Clandfield
Registration and Exhibition
Registration:
When you reach the convention venue, you will see four different registration desks:
Please go to the registration desk that applies
to you. At the registration desk, you will be
• Registration desk for pre-paid participants
given your conference bag and your name
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badge, which entitles you to access all ple• Registration desk for ODTÜ staff and students
nary and concurrent sessions as well as the
• On-site registration desk
ELT resources exhibition.
• Registration desk for presenters
On-site Registration:
You may register for the convention on your arrival at the venue. The registration fee for the two-day
event is 220 TL (except for BA / MA / PhD students, who are entitled to pay 100 TL).
Registration times
Exhibition times
25 May, Monday 08.30 – 16.30
25 May, Monday 08.00 – 16.00
26 May, Tuesday 08.30 – 18.00
26 May, Tuesday 08.15 – 12.00
Please note that there are no session tickets; access is on a first-come-first-served basis.
Please observe warnings by the hall responsibles.
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Catering
A complimentary tea/coffee and cookies will be served in the main hall during the coffee breaks.
The lunch will be served for free at the main cafeteria between 12:00 – 13:00 on Monday and Tuesday.
The main cafeteria is located 5-7 minutes’ walk from the convention venue, and student assistants will
be around to help you find your way. A hall has been reserved for the convention participants, so you
can still share ideas with the participants while enjoying your lunch. Please remember to take your
lunch tickets with you, which you will find in your conference bag.
There are also various cafes and restaurants around the campus serving to different tastes. Within the
convention venue there is a bistro, Uptown, upstairs the main foyer. Other restaurants on the campus
are situated in the shopping area (Çarşı), which is a 5-minute walk from the convention venue. Credit
card and cash payment is accepted in most restaurants.
On Monday, 25 May 2015, Turkish coffee will be served in the main hall all day, sponsored by Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi.
Internet access
Cloakroom
There is a laptop in each hall at the convention
venue for the presenters’ use. Wi-Fi is available
within the convention venue for all participants,
but first you need to register by filling in the form
in your conference bag.
The cloakroom facility is located in the main foyer and is open during registration opening times.
Message boards
There are two message boards in the main hall: one of them is for the delegates to leave messages
for other participants (and convention Organizers). The second message board (i.e. the presentation
message board) is for announcing changes and cancellations in the program. Please check the boards
regularly in order to avoid any inconvenience.
Convention Online
Thanks to the sponsorship of the Presidency of ODTÜ, the plenary sessions will be broadcasted at
ODTÜ TV live so as to make the convention accessible to many other people not present at the convention.
The Facebook and Twitter accounts for the convention will be active during the convention. You are
invited to add photos, make comments and open discussions in the social media accounts, so that we
can create an electronic medium for interested professionals in other locations.
Certificates of Attendance
Raffle
Certificates of Attendance for the participants
will be delivered at the registration desk on the
last day of the convention. Presenters, however,
will receive their certificates from the student assistants as soon as they have finished their presentations.
You will find your raffle number in your conference bag. The raffle will take place on Tuesday,
May 26, during the closing ceremony. Do not
miss the chance to win teacher training courses,
books and dictionaries!
Your Feedback
Your feedback on this convention will be of great help in organizing the next ODTÜ ELT Convention.
We would be grateful if you could take the time to complete a short survey to let us know what to keep
and what to change. You can find your feedback forms in your conference bag. Please drop your form
into the “FEEDBACK BOX” at the registration desk.
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Please turn your mobile phone to silent mode during all sessions.
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Smoking is prohibited inside the conference venue.
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Speakers and delegates are kindly requested to leave the session rooms immediately once the session has ended. This is very important for the smooth running of the conference and prompt start
times of all sessions.
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Sponsors
We thank the following sponsors for their generous contribution to the Convention and
helping us to make the convention a success.
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Social Events
Welcome Cocktail Reception
(kindly sponsored by Pearson)
Sunday, May 24, 2015 – 6 pm to 8 pm
@ ODTÜ Mezunları Derneği Vişnelik Tesisi, ANKARA
Join us at our Welcome Cocktail Reception to kick off on
Sunday. Enjoy complimentary drinks, hors d’oeuvres, live
music and entertainment while mingling with other participants,
speakers and sponsors.
Museum & Ankara Castle Tour
Monday, May 25, 2015 – 5 pm to 7.30 pm
@ Anatolian Civilizations Museum, ANKARA
Join us to enjoy the historical atmosphere of one of the oldest
and most comprehensive museums in Turkey, Anatolian
Civilizations Museum, where the findings from prehistoric
Anatolia are displayed.
Museum Entrance Fee: 15 TL
Gala Dinner
Monday, May 25, 2015 – 7.30 pm to 11 pm
@ Segah Restaurant, ANKARA
Join us at our Gala Dinner to enjoy specialties from traditional
Turkish cuisine with a nice Ankara view from the old Ankara
Castle and to dance the night away with live Turkish music.
Price: 60 TL
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Plenary Talks
Suresh Canagarajah
“Globalization of English and Changing Pedagogical Priorities”
Monday, 25 May; 09.15 – 10.00
Deena Boraie
“High Quality Classroom Assessment for All”
Monday, 25 May; 13.00 – 13.45
Luke Prodromou
“Making the Most of Diversity in Mixed Level Classes”
Tuesday, 26 May; 09.15 – 10.00
Betil Eröz Tuğa
“Diversity from within: Focusing on the Classroom Teacher”
Tuesday, 26 May; 14.15 – 15.00
Lindsay Clandfield
“Teaching with Screens”
Tuesday, 26 May; 17.15 – 18.00
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Panel Discussion
“Linking Teaching and Testing to CEFR”
Tuesday, May 26; 13.00 – 14.00, Kemal Kurdas Hall
We are glad to announce that there will be a panel discussion on CEFR during the 12th
ODTÜ International ELT Convention. During the CEFR panel discussion, our panelists will
give brief information on CEFR and raise questions about whether we really need to link our
curriculum and tests to the CEFR; if yes, how we should implement it; how realistic it is to use
the CEFR in the development of tests / curriculum in Turkish context and how informed the
English teachers are when it comes to the CEFR.
Prepare your questions for the panelists beforehand and
drop them into the ‘PANEL BOX’ at the registration desk
by 12 pm on Tuesday, May 26.
The panelists are all specialists working on the implementation of CEFR
in English Language Preparatory Programs in Turkey.
Prof. Dr. Sinan
Bayraktaroğlu
Prof. Dr. İsmail
Hakkı Mirici
Dr. Elif
Kantarcıoğlu
Zeynep
Ürkün
We hope you will all benefit from this wonderful panel discussion.
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Dave’n’Luke ~ English
Language Theatre
“Hard Times for Teachers”
Empowering Teachers through Drama Techniques:
Voice, Body Language, Presence:
a performance
by David Gibson and Luke Prodromou
Monday, May 25; 16.00 – 16.45, Kemal Kurdas Hall
In this performance/workshop, the presenters will perform 3 short theatrical pieces and then
discuss the value of using such one-act plays and sketches with learners and teachers of English.
The aim is to provide concrete examples of the power of the most important instruments in
building the teacher’s presence: our voice and body language.
“An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing
For every tatter in its mortal dress…”
(W B Yeats: ‘Sailing to Byzantium’)
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Venue Floor Plan
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Event
Registration
Opening
Plenary Talk
Concurrent
Sessions
Concurrent
Sessions
Time
08:0009:00
09:0009:15
09:1510:00
10:0010:15
10:1511:00
11:0011:15
11:1512:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
“Globalization
of English
and Changing
Pedagogical
Priorities” Suresh
Canagarajah
Welcoming
Remarks &
Rector’s Speech
Kemal Kurdas
Hall B
“Learning Needs of
Preparatory Students”
G.Aydın
----------------“Investigating EFL
Learners’ Needs
through Student
Diversity Issues”
M. Sahiner &
N.Parjanadze
“Grammar
Incorporation into
Young Learner
Classes: Focus-onForm or Focus-OnForms?” D.Donuk
----------------“Listening to children:
an important tool for
development” L.Costa
“Communication
Practice in English
Language Classrooms”
K.Malu
“Interaction and
self access in L2
listening education”
H.N.Ozcelik
----------------“Grammatical
Competence in Exam
Writing and TakeHome Assignments
and Students’
Attitudes” K.Aytaç &
N.Ozbek-Gurbuz
Hall C
“Establishing a
CPD (Continuous
Professional
“The experience of
Development Unit)”
the TOEFL® iBT Test:
Y.Nalkesen, D.Staub
Integrated Speaking
& Z.Gonenc Afyon
Tasks and Holistic
----------------Scoring” T. Imre
“Teachers’
------------------Perceptions on
“Nine Principles of Good
Being a Professional
Teaching” L.Madsen
EFL Teacher”
S.Korkmazgil &
G.Seferoglu
Hall A
“Using Literature
in EFL Classrooms
through CLIL
Methodology”
B.M.Ozdil
“Needs Analysis
of EFL Teachers
&Learners in an EAP
Course” M.Demir
----------------“Academic language
skills needs: Are we in
accord?” Z.Aksit
Hall D
25 MAY 2015, MONDAY
Hall G
“Attitudes of Young
Learners at Different
Ages to English
Lessons” M.B.Özkan
----------------“Teaching Diversity
to Young Learners”
D.Bozdoğan
“The impact of
L2 learners’ belief
systems on reading
comprehension”
N.Kavukcu Atak &
G.Mandali Kurdoglu
----------------“Learner beliefs and
anxiety in the Turkish
EFL context” E.Aslan
& A.S.Thompson
“A growth mindset:
A concept of
diversity on its own”
A.Nicolosi
Hall H
“What Demotivates
Foreign Language
Learners? Scale
Development
“How Improved
and Preliminary
Academic Study
Validation” M.Karaca
Skills Can Improve
----------------Thought and
“The Effecs of Verbal
Writing” W.Kasap
Teacher Immediacy
Behaviors on Learner
Motivation” Z.Unluer
& I.Gunseli Kacar
Hall F
“Socrative 2.0 as an
Online Assessment “Rediscovering
Tool in Language
Writing”
Classes” M.Uney & L.Clandfield
C.Yoleri
“Woman: An
“Object” (?) of a
Reading Lesson”
B.Kut
Hall E
Plenary Talk
Concurrent
Sessions
Concurrent
Sessions
Theatre
Performance
12:0013:00
13:0013:45
13.4514:00
14:0014:45
14:4515:00
15:0015:45
15:4516:00
16:0016:45
“Empowering
Teachers
through Drama
Techniques:
Voice, Body
Language,
Presence”
Dave’n’Luke
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
“High Quality
Classroom
Assessment for
All”
Deena Boraie
Lunch Break
“Student Behaviors
on Revision Process”
D.Aktug Ekinci
----------------“Recognizing and
addressing student
retention in EFL
programmes”
D.Staub &
G.Akinturk-Erkaya
*”Investigating
Satisfaction with a
Graduate Academic
Writing Center”
C.E.Cavusoglu &
N.Ozbek Gurbuz
----------------“Supporting
and developing
students’ English
literacy practices
in the disciplines”
S.Lughamani
“Dancing
Concordancers:
the Use of Web
Concordancers in
ELT” S.T.Budak
“Researching and
Teaching English
for Multilinguals”
S.Canagarajah
“Cross-Cultural
“Digital Natives
Understandıng
and Imaginative
in the Language
Materials” M.Senel
Classroom”
& D.B.Akman
D.Gibson
* PhD workshop
The buses will leave at 5 pm for the historical Ankara tour and the gala dinner. Meeting point: Registration desk in the main hall.
“Inspirational Web
2.0 tools... Digitally
yours!” E.Sesen &
B.Hasanbasoglu
“What’s up with the
attitude?: Fancy to
script” T.Kose &
K.Saygili
“The new PPPParticularity,
Practicality,
Possibility” F.O’Neill
*”The Effect of Audio
and Video Modality
on Comprehension of
Reduced Forms: The
Role of E-learning”
K.Gulozer
----------------*”Teachers
as Reflective
Practitioners: CAInformed Pedagogy in
Practicum” G.Balikci
“Using Concept Map
Techniques in ESP
to improve Reading
comprehentsion”
F.Fazlali
----------------“Effects of prereading activities
on EFL reading
comprehension”
R.Madaoui
“The Syntactic
and Morphological
Differences between
British and American
English” S.Toscu
----------------“Foreign English
Language Teachers’
Interface with Students’
L1 and Culture” O.Skliar
“The Motives
Underlying High
School Students’
Speaking Problems”
I.Gunseli Kacar &
E.Demirel
----------------“The Impact of
Contextual Clues on
Oral Performance
of EFLLearners”
N.Gokturk
“It can be done!
Implementing Culture
into Language
Classes” A.Onut &
F.Galatyalı
““Self” in EFL:
Differences among
Proficiency Groups
and…” F.Türker
----------------“Emerging Multiple
Identities in Students’
Social Media
Interaction” A.Ekoç
“Oral Interviews
and Guided Role
Play Activities in
Assessing Speaking”
N.Karakaya
----------------“English instructors’
attitudes towards
holistic and analytic
assessment of
speaking” E.Evrim
Onem
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Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Concurrent
Sessions
Concurrent
Sessions
Panel
10:00-10:15
10:15-11:00
11:00-11:15
11:15-12:00
12:00-13:00
13:00-14:00
“Linking Teaching
and Testing to CEFR”
Sinan Bayraktaroglu,
Elif Kantarcioglu,
Ismail Hakki Mirici,
Zeynep Urkun
“An investigation
“Using Augmented
on the feasibility of
Reality technology in assessing writing
language classroom” using questionnaires”
E.Solak & R.Cakir
A.Sahin
--------------------------------“eRead --> eWrite:
“Writing Dynamic
Strategies that
Assessment of
work!” Y.Salah
holistic/analytic EFL
El-Din
learners in different
contexts” M.Alavi
“Deliberate Practice
in Foreign Language
Learning: A
Concept Whose
Time has come”
N.Altuwairesh
----------------“Teachers’ Attitudes
towards Using Online
Corpus (COCA) to
Develop Students’
English Vocabulary”
A.Kocak
“Managing diversity
in curriculum
development”
S.Tuzel Kandiller
& S.Irk
----------------“A New Dimension
to Preparatory
School Curricula”
Z.M.Derince
Hall C
Lunch Break
Hall B
“Social Positioning
and Classroom
“Storybooks: Tool for Participation in an
EFL Classroom”
Language Learning
O.Ozbakis,
and Competence”
H.Tarhan, S.Balban
I.Y.Mohammed
& E. Ata Kil
----------------“Drama as a Means ----------------to Pamper Diversity
‘Building Trust,
Confidence, and
in ESL Classes”
Belonging in
M.C.Altiparmak
the Classroom”
D.Gibson
“Making the Most of
Diversity in Mixed
Level Classes”
Luke Prodromou
Plenary Talk
09:15-10:00
Hall A
Registration
08:15-09:15
Kemal Kurdas
Event
Time
“Contribution of
Writing Centers to
ELT in Secondary &
Higher Education”
D.Tokay
----------------“Graduate Writer
Needs and Writing
Tutors’ Tutoring
Styles” D.Saydam &
C.Cavusoglu
“Turkish ELT
Students’ Pereptions
about
Blended English
Courses” H.Yagci,
H.I.Cinarbas &
D.Gokpinar
----------------“Optimizing an
EAP course through
Blended Approach”
O.Zengin Unal
Hall D
26 MAY 2015, TUESDAY
“Active reading with
“Actively Learn” “
V.Cal
“Weebly – Class
Websites and
E-portfolio”
U.Akdemir
Hall E
Hall G
Hall H
“Towards a
Diverse, Principled
Eclecticism in
Foreign Language
Teaching” P.Keegan
“EFL Teachers’
Perceptions
and Practices
of Intercultural
Communicative
Competence” İ.M.
“Teaching reading
Yıldız
through “Jigsaw”
----------------strategy” T.Musaeva
«Empowering
Cultural Diversity in
English Language
Teacher Education”
G.Külekçi, E.Kumlu,
İ.Kızılaslan
“Longitudinally
Studying Writing:
Implications for
English Preparatory
“Online Communities
Programs”
of Practice for
“The key to harmony:
D.Albachten & L.
accepting diversity”
Professional
Balcioglu
Y.Eraslan
Development”
----------------S.Akayoglu
“Possible causes of
rater discrepancy: a
case study” A.Özbay
& E.Kocaman Gürata
Hall F
Coffee Break
Concurrent
Sessions
“Teaching with
Plenary Talk Screens” Lindsay
Clandfield
15:15-16:00
16:00-16:15
16:15-17:00
17:00-17:15
17:15-18:00
Closure
Concurrent
Sessions
15:00-15:15
18:00-18:45
Coffee Break
14:15-15:00
Dance show & Raffle
& Closing remarks
Coffee Break
“Diversity from
within: Focusing
Plenary Talk on the Classroom
Teacher”
Betil Eroz-Tuga
Coffee Break
14:00-14:15
“Developing
Communicative
Competence”
D.Ozdemir
“Enhancing EFL
Learners’ Literary
Competence through
a Holistic Approach”
N. Guerroudj
----------------“Culture Teaching:
Diversity of Materials
and Methods” S.Sen
“The Impact of
Diverse ReadingWriting Tasks on
Pre-Service EFL
Teachers” A.Ozbilgin
“An Avalanche is
Gezgin
coming.....”
----------------G.Kempton
“Chat Language In
The Written English
Of The Nigerian
Students” I.Bola
Shakirat
“Diversifying
Knowledge
Acquisition
via InquiryBased Learning
Applications”
A.Bilgener
“Engaging PreService EFL Teachers
in Self-Evaluation
and Peer-Evaluation
for Reflection”
“Using software to
F.Gumusok &
teach vocabularies”
D.Salli-Copur
F.Fazlali
----------------“Years of Experience,
School Types and
EFL Teachers’
Motivation” Z.Aysan
“Supporting Foreign
Language Vocabulary
Learning through
a Kinect-based
Gaming” H.Aksoy,
M.F.Urun &
R.Comez
----------------“The Effect of
SHIP on Teaching
Vocabulary to EFL
Students” I.Topal &
Y.E.Yavuz
“How technology
echoes in second
language teachereducation: A multiperspective study”
K.Sinan Ozmen &
E.Kizilet
----------------“Students’ Views
on Technology Use:
Lessons to Learn”
D.Akinci Midas
“EFL university
teachers’ autonomy:
A prerequisite to
students’ autonomy”
F.B. Benaissi
----------------“Teacher Efficacy
and Concerns
in Pre-Service
ELT Teachers”
S.A.Capan
“Creating and
Adapting Materials
for Effective Teaching
and Learning”
D.Tarakanova
“Marginalization
and Othering
“Are You Assessment in Multicultural
Literate?” D.Boraie
Teacher Education
Textbooks” B.Uzum
& A.F.Selvi
“Celebrating
Shakespeare,
Celebrating Diversity:
Shakespeare’s
Unruly Women”
L.Prodromou
“Perception and
Awareness of
Learner Autonomy
at the Beginner
Level” H.N.Süren,
M.Tırnova & Ş.Bilgi
----------------“Pre-service EFL
Teachers’ Learner
Autonomy Beliefs
based on Practicum
Experiences”
B.Ç.Başaran,
F.Gümüşok &
M.Bekereci
“Plagiarism and
Paraphrasing: When
Diversity Might Set a
Trap” S.Kuntz
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Time
10.15-10.45
10.15-10.45
11.15-11.45
11.15-11.45
14.00-14.30
14.00-14.30
15.00-15.30
15.00-15.30
10.15-10.45
10.15-10.45
11.15-11.45
11.15-11.45
15.15-15.45
15.15-15.45
16.15-16.45
16.15-16.45
Day
May 25
May 25
May 25
May 25
May 25
May 25
May 25
May 25
May 26
May 26
May 26
May 26
May 26
May 26
May 26
May 26
“Problems and Challenges of Intercultural Education in the 21st Century”
“The Transformation of Advanced Degree Programs for EFL Leaders”
“The NEST/NNEST Dichotomy and Multilingualism”
“English for Medical education in EFL context”
“The Gap in Diversity between Micro-teachings and School Experience Course”
“Diverging from the Ordinary: An Experienced Teacher’s Reflections”
“Relationship between Gender of ELT Students and Their Emotional Intelligence”
“Integration of Smart Technologies & Language Skills for Pre-Service Teachers”
“Diversity in group work:how to get best of your team”
“Impact of Visually Impaired Learners in ELT class rooms”
“Advanced perception skills of Blind individuals”
“Inseparable Cores: Language, Literature, Culture, and Media”
“Students’ Perspectives on the future of EIL”
“Interference of Context with Teaching and Testing”
“Are native English teachers better teachers?”
“Perspectives of Students as Regards Group Work: A Case Study” Presentation title
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
G. Huseynzade & E. Gul
D. Staub & D. Anderson
E. Aslan
B. Faraj
T. Akkus & A. Ozsen
S. Saygi
T. Karagoz
M. Demirekin
S. G. Martinez, N. Ballesteros, M. Sánchez, C.Oliveros & G. Merino
C. Ozel & N. Yurtseven & M. Saho
N. Yurtseven
P. Irgin & Y. Sumbul
M. Guneri
A. C. Mutlu & D. Yetkin Sentuna
C. Altiner
E. Ataman, E. Aksoy & S.Bilgi
Presenter(s)
Poster Presentations
MONDAY, MAY 25
10.15-10.45
10.15-10.45
Perspectives of Students as Regards Group Work: A
Case Study
Esra Ataman, Elif Aksoy & Şeniz Bilgi
Although many studies focus on the benefits of group
work, there is an inadequacy of studies that help gain
insight into students’ perspectives of group work
which shows the diversity of the students’ ideas. This
presentation aims at analyzing the tendencies and
preferences of the students and the advantages and
disadvantages of group work from the students’ points of
view.
Poster Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learning Strategies
Professional Development
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult learners
Teacher educators
Şeniz Bilgi has been teaching at METU, Department of
Basic English since 2002. Her interest areas range from
security, intelligence and terrorism studies to research
skills and academic writing.
Esra Ataman is a junior student studying in Foreign
Audience Type
Language Education department of METU. She is also
Experienced
doing a minor in the Psychology department. She is
especially interested in Psycholinguistics, Cognition and
Acquisition.
Elif Aksoy is a junior at METU, Department of Foreign
Language Education with a minor in German. She is
interested in literature, linguistics, psychology and
learning foreign languages.
Are native English teachers better teachers?
Poster Presentation
Cennet Altıner
The purpose of this study was to reveal the perceptions
of EFL instructors with regard to issue of native English
speaking teachers (NESTs) and non-native English
speaking teachers (NNESTs). The data were collected
through a questionnaire administered to 34 non-native
English instructors in Turkey. EFL instructors supported
the view that one group of teacher is not better than the
other.
Topic
Research
Teacher Training
Cennet Altıner is a PhD student in ELT Department at
Hacettepe University. She received her master’s degree
from Iowa State University and Bachelor of Arts degree
from Boğaziçi University.
Audience Type
Experienced /
Inexperienced
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
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11.15-11.45
11.15-11.45
14.00-14.30
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Interference of Context with Teaching and Testing
Ayşe Ceyda Mutlu & Dilara Yetkin Şentuna
Although creating context for language learners during
lessons and exams has been an indispensible component
of language teaching and testing, it has also raised
questions about whether it has been disadvantaging the
learners when they cannot understand or relate. This
presentation will focus on the function of context as a
facilitator of language teaching and a provider of cultural
knowledge.
Ayşe Ceyda Mutlu has been working as an instructor at
the Department of Basic English, METU for almost 10
years. Currently, she is also working as a test writer.
Dilara Yetkin Sentuna has been working as an
instructor at the Department of Basic English, METU
for 8 years. She has recently finished her MA TEFL, and
has been working on her thesis.
Students’ Perspectives on the Future of EIL
Müge Güneri
The future role of English as an international language
has great significance for English learners’ motivation.
This study analyses students’ perspectives on the future
of English as an international language. Turkish and
American university students’ argumentative essays on
the topic were analyzed and coded. Most participants
believed that English will continue to be an international
language, offering additional insights.
Müge Güneri obtained her M.A. degree in English
Language Education from Yeditepe University, where
she teaches EFL courses. Her primary research interest
is motivation in foreign language learning.
Inseparable Cores: Language, Literature, Culture,
and Media
Pelin Irgın & Yiğit Sümbül
It is aimed to examine to what extent EFL language
learners integrate their linguistic knowledge and cultural
awareness into a context of 19th Century English
Poetry by using media. 15 EFL tertiary level students
participated to the present study. The findings revealed
that the active use of media was likely to improve the
EFL learners’ language and cultural awareness.
Pelin Irgin is a PhD student at the Department of
ELT at Hacettepe University, Turkey. Her research
interests focus on language learning strategies, learner
autonomy, language awareness and educational
linguistics.
Yiğit Sümbül is currently working as a research
assistant at the Department of English Language and
Literature of Gazi University and doing his PhD at
Ankara University. His primary areas of interest are
Modernist British and Turkish Fiction, Comparative
Literature and Romantic Poetry.
Poster Presentation
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Global Issues
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Materials writers
Test writers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Poster Presentation
Topic
ELF / EIL
Global Issues
Learner Motivation
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Poster Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learner Autonomy
Learning Technologies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Materials writers
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
14.00-14.30
Advanced Perception Skills of Blind Individuals
Nihansu Yurtseven
A listening test applied to both blind and sighted learners
of English while they are in elementary level. Listening
test contains instruction, listening text, questions and
options read by the native speaker. No visual material
is supplied. Candidates answer orally and take the test
individually. The results can be used by educators to
shape their classes.
Nihansu Yurtseven is an undergraduate senior student
in the department of English Language Teaching at
Middle East Technical University. She is interested in
special education.
15.00-15.30
Diversity in Group Work: How to Get Best of Your
Team
Dr. Susana Gómez Martinez, Nuria Ballesteros,
Miriam Sánchez, Cristina Oliveros & Germán Merino
This poster describes an ongoing project aimed at
stimulating effective group work and professional
development through an action-training plan, the use
of ICT and following the concept of transformational
leadership, an approach which enhances motivation and
performance of participants by inspiring and challenging
them to take ownership for their work and learning from
each other through cooperative work.
Dr. Susana Gómez is a lecturer of undergraduate and
postgraduate courses at the University of Valladolid
(Spain). She coordinates several European and
Innovation Projects and has broad experience in TESOL.
Nuria Ballesteros graduated with a B.A. degree in
Translation and Interpreting from the University of
Valladolid in Spain, and is currently a student in the
M.A. program in TESOL and Linguistics and Spanish
Teaching Assistant at West Virginia University.
Miriam Sánchez is a former student of Translation and
Interpreting at UVA, and is currently a Spanish language
assistant in France.
Cristina Oliveros in an undergraduate student at her
last year in the degree of Translation and Interpreting at
the University of Valladolid, Spain.
Germán Merino in an undergraduate student of
Translation and Interpreting at the University of
Valladolid, Spain.
Poster Presentation
Topic
Language Acquisition
Research
Skills: Listening
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Applied linguists
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Poster Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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15.00-15.30
Impact of Visually Impaired Learners in ELT
classrooms
Claire Özel, Nihansu Yurtseven & Moheddin Saho
Two blind students studying English at METU’s
Department of Basic English were followed during
two semesters, with surveys of classmates’ views and
interviews with both teachers and blind learners. Data
from 60 sighted students, five teachers and the blind
students themselves confirms some previous rumours,
while evidence suggests certain solutions and underlines
the roots of other assumptions.
Claire Özel has worked at METU since 1996, as English
teacher and later as Coordinator of Turkey’s first
university Disability Unit. Interests in inclusion led to
approaches benefitting all learners.
Nihansu Yurtseven is METU FLE Department final year
student with 4 years experience with visually impaired
university candidates.
Moheddin Saho will study at FLE; legally blind, he
studies English at DBE.
Poster Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Global Issues
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Program administrators
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Inexperienced
TUESDAY, MAY 26
10.15-10.45
Integration of Smart Technologies & Language Skills
for Pre-Service Teachers
Murat Demirekin
ICT offers a lot when integrating receptive and
productive skills for pre-service language teachers.
In this study we will focus on the use of tools of ICT
in language learning. Such integration seem to be
facilitating in terms of teaching receptive skills given
inside classes and the productive skills created within the
daily lives of learners
Murat Demirekin worked as a teacher of English at for
8 years. He has been an instructor at the university of
Aksaray for the last four years.
10.15-10.45
Relationship between Gender of ELT Students and
Their Emotional Intelligence
Tuba Karagöz
The aim of the study is to investigate the emotional
intelligence levels of ELT students based on their gender.
The sample of the study is 100 ELT students from Gazi
University. The study uses the quantitative method and
correlational research.
Tuba Karagöz graduated from Hacettepe University,
English Linguistics Department. Now she is a graduate
student in ELT Department at Gazi University and a
research assistant there.
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Poster Presentation
Topic
Materials Development
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Materials writers
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Inexperienced
Poster Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Approaches and
Methodologies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Prospective teachers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
11.15-11.45
11.15-11.45
15.15-15.45
Diverging from the Ordinary: An Experienced
Teacher’s Reflections
Şükran Saygı
The researcher aims to share her four-month reflection
process to check for potential developments in her
teaching. The researcher has been reflecting on her
teaching via a journal and video recordings considering
six key areas determined by analyzing reflection papers
previously written by the researcher. The journal
entries will be analysed and cross-checked with video
recordings to see possible developments.
Şükran Saygı has been in this profession for eleven
years now and working at METU for the last four
years. Her research interests are material development,
curriculum design and professional development.
The Gap in Diversity between Micro-teachings and
School Experience Course
Tansu Akkuş & Ayfer Özşen
This presentation aims to reveal the gap between ELT
Methodology Courses and School Experience course in
terms of the diversity, and the reaction of the studenttachers to the diversity absence of ELT Methodology
Courses (micro-teachings). The study also offers
suggestions for the betterment of ELT Methodology
courses so that they can address to diversity more.
Tansu Akkuş is a senior student in Foreign Language
Education Department at Middle East Technical
University (METU). Her current program is the English
Language Teaching (ELT) Undergraduate Program.
Ayfer Özşen is a senior student in Foreign Language
Education Department at Middle East Technical
University (METU). Her current program is the English
Language Teaching (ELT) Undergraduate Program.
English for Medical Education in EFL Context
Basim Faraj
In order to account for the problems that medical
students in non-English speaking contexts encounter in
their (English-based) professional training, the current
study examines the English language needs for medical
students in one of the medical faculties in Libya.
The study also aims to analyse perceptions about the
adequacy of the current curriculum from the perspective
of different participants
Poster Presentation
Topic
Research
Teacher Training
Audience
Teacher educators
Novice teachers
Audience Type
Inexperienced
Poster Presentation
Topic
Curriculum Development
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Poster Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Curriculum Development
ESP
Audience
Materials writers
Basim M. Abubaker Faraj has a BA in English
Language from the University of Garyounis in Libya and Audience Type
Experienced
an MA in Applied Linguistics, from UQ in Australia He
Inexperienced
is the Head of Department of English, Faculty of Arts
and Sciences (Al Marj), University of Benghaziin Libya.
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15.15-15.45
16.15-16.45
16.15-16.45
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The NEST/NNEST Dichotomy and Multilingualism
Erhan Aslan
This study explores bilingual and multilingual learners’
beliefs about native and non-native English teachers in
the Turkish EFL context. Specifically, the aim of the
study is to find out whether the presence or absence of
perceived interactions between the previously learned
languages leads to differences in beliefs about language
teachers’ nativeness or non-nativeness.
Erhan Aslan is a doctoral candidate at the University
of South Florida. His work on SLA appeared in journals
such as Journal of Pragmatics, LLJ, IJM, and ELT
Research Journal.
The Transformation of Advanced Degree Programs
for EFL Leaders
Donald Staub & David Anderson
There is increasing demand among EFL professionals
for advanced degrees that are innovative in their design
and delivery. Courses whose only real benefit is that
they provide credit toward a degree, and take place
across town, are less and less attractive. Participants in
this session will discuss the compact, online, tailored
advanced programs that are on the way.
Donald Staub is an assistant professor at Isik
University, where he is also the Coordinator of Quality
Assurance for the SFL. His research interests are
Quality Assurance, Retention, & EMI.
David Anderson has been a secondary teacher, school
administrator, and associate director of two national
reform initiatives, and is currently professor and
coordinator of the EMU EDLD doctoral program.
Problems and Challenges of Intercultural Education
in the 21st Century
Prof. Gulnar Huseynzade & Etrabe Gul, PhD
The aim of language teaching has shifted from teaching
vocabulary and grammar to developing students’
competence. Successful intercultural communication
demands cultural as well as linguistic fluency a
successful language student should make every effort
to achieve cultural sensibility. This article explores
problems and challenges of intercultural education in the
21st century.
Prof. Gulnar Huseynzade: St.Petersburg Post
graduate,Professor DOCTOR OF METHODOLOGY,
Expert of Council of Europe/EC for Modern Languages,
Tempus project conributor, Essex university bespoke
teacher trainer, IATEFL MEMBER (1999 -2004), trainer
in Austria, Belgium, England, Scotland, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Head of Dept. since 1995.
Etrabe Gul: from Qafqaz University. Essex University
bespoke teacher trainer, author of many articles, books
and programs.
Poster Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Research
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Applied linguists
Audience Type
Experienced
Poster Presentation
Topic
Global Issues
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
K-12 teachers
Audience Type
Experienced
Poster Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Global Issues
Teacher Training
Audience
Teachers of young learners
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
MONDAY, MAY 25
09.00-09.15
Opening speech
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Acar
President, ODTÜ
Welcoming Remarks
Aliye Hale Bingöl
Chairperson, Department of Basic English, ODTÜ
Plenary Talk
09.15-10.00
Kemal
Kurdas Hall
Globalization of English and Changing Pedagogical Priorities
Suresh Canagarajah
As we move from a modernist model of globalization, which stratified communities
and languages in a hierarchical and centrifugal fashion, to a postmodern
globalization, which features relatively more fluid relations, our literacy and
communication needs are changing. These geopolitical changes encourage
everyone to negotiate diverse varieties of English and develop competence in a
repertoire of codes to be functional in contemporary society. In response to these
changes, English professionals are compelled to construct pedagogical practices
and professional relationships that value linguistic pluralism. In this presentation,
I will examine different orientations English, such as World Englishes and English
as a Lingua Franca, and suggest pedagogical practices that address the changing
communicative needs of learners.
Suresh Canagarajah is the Erle Sparks Professor at Pennsylvania State University.
He teaches World Englishes, Second Language Writing, and Postcolonial Studies
in the departments of English and Applied Linguistics. He has taught before in
the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and the City University of New York. His book
Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching (OUP, 1999) won Modern
Language Association’s Mina Shaughnessy Award for the best research publication
on the teaching of language and literacy. His most recent publication is Translingual
Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations (Routledge, 2013), which
won the best book award of the British Association of Applied Linguistics and the
Mina Shaughnessy Award. He was formerly the editor of TESOL Quarterly and the
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Concurrent Sessions
10.15 – 11.00
10.15-11.00
Hall A
10.15-11.00
Hall A
10.15-11.00
Hall B
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The experience of the TOEFL® iBT Test: Integrated
Speaking Tasks and Holistic Scoring
Tülay İmre (ETS Global)
Integrated tasks in the TOEFL iBT® test simulate actual
tasks in the classroom and measure skills relevant to
the English-language demands students need in real-life
academic settings. They represent a major feature of the
TOEFL iBT® test and have been backed by extensive
research. The scoring of these tasks uses a holistic
approach and involves multiple raters.
Tülay İmre holds a BA degree in English Literature from
Ankara University and then worked as an EFL teacher
for several years. Ms. Imre got a Masters degree in
English Language Education from Yeditepe University
where she also worked as a research assistant and spent
a semester in Texas Tech University. Currently, Tülay
works as an Academic Relations Coordinator at ETS
Global.
Nine Principles of Good Teaching
Lars Madsen (Helbling Languages)
What is good teaching? What approach, methodology or
principles should we use when we teach our students a
foreign language? This session will run through a series
of good and solid principles of foreign language teaching
that can be seen implemented in the brand new general
English series for young adults/adults “Jetstream”
published by Helbling Languages.
Lars Madsen holds a Master of Arts in Slavonic
Philology from the University of Aarhus (Denmark). Lars
has worked as a foreign language teacher in Denmark
and Spain, and has worked for many years in the ELT
publishing and now holds the position as International
Sales Director at Helbling Languages.
Establishing a CPD (Continuous Professional
Development Unit)
Yeşim Nalkesen, Asst. Prof. Donald Staub & Zeynep
Gönenç Afyon
Participants in this session will learn about designing,
developing and implementing a sustainable CPD
Program (based on Development-Constructivist
Approach) with an attempt to meet the needs of the
teacher along with the needs of the organisation through
needs analyses, collaboration, effective communication,
and an incorporation of an agile response system.
Yeşim Nalkesen (Instructor and CPD Officer)
Asst. Prof. Donald Staub (Coordinator of Quality
Assurance)
Zeynep Gönenç Afyon (Instructor and CPD
Coordinator)
Exhibitor’s session
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
ESP
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Exhibitor’s session
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Interactive Research
Paper Presentation
Topic
Professional
Development
Research
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Inexperienced
10.15-11.00
Hall B
10.15-11.00
Hall C
Teachers’ Perceptions on Being a Professional EFL
Teacher
Sibel Korkmazgil & Prof. Dr. Gölge Seferoğlu
Considering the relationship between teacher quality
and student success, it is essential for language teachers
to develop themselves professionally. Following a
phenomenological research framework, this research
study investigated the perceptions EFL teachers possess
of their profession and professional development in
order to provide some insights into the assumptions
and motives that drive and sustain their professional
practices.
Sibel Korkmazgil is currently doing her Ph.D. at English
Language Teaching at METU. Her areas of interest
include Teacher Education, Professional Development,
In-service Training, ELT Methodology and Material
Development.
Prof. Dr. Gölge Seferoğlu is a professor in ELT at
METU. She received her BA from Boğaziçi University
and she holds MA, EdM, and EdD degrees from
Columbia University in the fields of TESOL and Applied
Linguistics. Currently, she is the Dean of Faculty of
Education.
Interaction and self access in L2 listening education
Hatice Nur Özçelik
This study, asserting that it is essential to modify the
traditional testing and teaching approach towards
listening from a product oriented approach to a process
oriented approach, aims to contribute to the conference
objectives by investigating how L2 listeners take
advantage of collaborative tasks and self-regulation via
self-access to the audio in listening processes. Adopting
a test/retest methodology, this study explores pupils’
attitudes towards self-access to audio files in listening
classes.
Hatice Nur Ozcelik is currently a doctoral student
in Faculty of Arts, Katholiek University of Leuven.
She is doing research on Foreign Language Listening
Education.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Professional
Development
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teacher educators
K-12 teachers
Audience Type
Experienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Learner Autonomy
Skills: Listening
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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10.15-11.00
Hall C
10.15-11.00
Hall D
10.15-11.00
Hall D
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Grammatical Competence in Exam Writing and
Take-Home Assignments and Students’ Attitudes
Kadriye Aytaç & Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurdan ÖzbekGürbüz
This study is primarily concerned with how students’
grammatical competence is put into actual use in their
writing tasks; exam writing and take-home assignments.
The main purpose of the study is to investigate whether
the students’ flawed performance in writing results from
their lack of knowledge in grammar or other factors such
as lack of attention, lack of practice, anxiety, etc.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Learner Motivation
Skills: Grammar
Skills: Writing
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Kadriye Aytaç is an English instructor at Aksaray
University, School of Foreign Languages.
Nurdan Özbek-Gürbüz is an Associate Professor at
Middle East Technical University, Department of Foreign Audience Type
Experienced /
Language Education.
Inexperienced
Needs Analysis of EFL Teachers &Learners in an
EAP Course
Paper Presentation
Müslüme Demir
Topic
The needs of EFL learners and teachers vary depending
Curriculum
on diverse instructional contexts. Hence,a case study
Development
examining the needs of 8 teachers and 113 learners
EAP
taking Professional Communication Skills (PCS 406)
Professional
course will be presented. Data were collected through
Development
questionnaires, focus groups, interviews, and classroom
observations. The results disclosed a need for revision in
Audience
course design and an INSET module.
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Müslüme Demir holds a BA in English Language
Teaching from Anadolu University. She has obtained an
MA in ELT from METU. She works as an EFL instructor Materials writers
at Çankaya University.
Audience Type
Experienced
Academic language skills needs: Are we in accord?
Zeynep Akşit
Paper Presentation
This paper presents findings from a larger needs analysis Topic
Curriculum
project regarding the views of students, language
Development
instructors and faculty members on the future language
Research
skills needs for university study. I will focus on the
necessities, that is, future needs as perceived by various
Audience
stakeholders. The findings reveal discrepancy between
EFL / ESL teachers
the participants’ views. The implications for curriculum
(general)
design will be discussed.
Zeynep Akşit is an instructor at Department of Basic
Audience Type
English, METU, currently working as Research and
Experienced /
Development Coordinator. Her research interests are in
Inexperienced
the area of Assessment and Evaluation.
10.15-11.00
Hall E
Woman: An “Object” (?) of a Reading Lesson
Begüm Kut
The theme centred “demo” reading skills lesson, in which
participants actively take roles, aims at going through
the process of reading in a “humanistic” way. “Gender”
issues all around the world will be explored from
different perspectives and new solutions will be offered.
In the end, there will be a reflection on the demo lesson.
Begüm Kut graduated from Bilkent American Culture
and Literature with a high honor degree. She completed
her M.A in the same field. She did DELTA and holds an
I.C.E.L.T tutor certificate.
10.15-11.00
Hall F
How Improved Academic Study Skills Can Improve
Thought and Writing
Wendy Kasap
So much focus has been given to academic writing in
recent years but acquiring good academic study skills has
been mainly neglected or completely misunderstood. This
workshop aims to give practical awareness of how sound
academic skills not only enhance and develop writing
skills but with analysing, evaluating data and the written
word to produce diversity of thought.
Wendy Kasap has had three wide and eclectic careers,
working in diverse environments and countries, this
knowledge she brings to her teaching and writing.
10.15-11.00
Hall G
Workshop
Topic
Professional
Development
Skills: Reading
Teacher Training
Audience
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced /
Inexperienced
Workshop
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
EAP
Learning Strategies
Audience
Teacher educators
K-12 teachers
Audience Type
Inexperienced
What Demotivates Foreign Language Learners? Scale Interactive Research
Development and Preliminary Validation
Paper Presentation
Mehmet Karaca
Topic
This study explores main sources of demotivation
Applied Linguistics
in Turkish EFL context. On the basis of written
Learner Motivation
compositions of students and a comprehensive analysis
Research
of previous literature, an item-pool will be created
consisting of as much items as possible under five
constructs: the language teacher, the learner, teaching and Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
learning context, teaching materials and course content,
(general)
and target language and culture.
Materials writers
Teacher educators
Mehmet Karaca is a PhD candidate and research
assisstant in Gazi University. His research interests are
Audience Type
L2 writing, writing teacher education, teacher beliefs,
Experienced /
and intercultural competence.
Inexperienced
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10.15-11.00
Hall G
10.15-11.00
Hall H
The Effects of Verbal Teacher Immediacy Behaviors
on Learner Motivation
Zeynep Ünlüer & Dr. Işıl Günseli Kaçar
Numerous research studies have showed teacher
immediacy is an effective strategy to enhance student
motivation. This study aimed to explore students’
perceptions of verbal teacher immediacy behaviors on
their motivation. The quantitative and qualitative data
obtained from university students indicated that students
perceive verbal teacher immediacy behaviors to have a
positive and negative role on their motivation to learn
English.
Zeynep Ünlüer is an English instructor at METU with an
8-year experience. She is interested in learner motivation
and classroom research. She is an MA student of ELT at
METU.
Dr. Işıl Günseli Kaçar is an instructor and the vicechair at the Department of FLE, METU. She is interested
in pre-service teacher education, the integration of
information technologies into EFL classrooms, teaching
research skills in applied linguistics, teaching writing,
and ELF-aware teacher education.
A growth Mindset: A Concept of Diversity on Its Own
Alessandra Nicolosi
To accept diversity you must accept yourself and your
limits. Only after realizing that you ’teacher’ can get
better , that your ability can improve then you can start
your journey. Only then you will start to apply a growth
mindset in your classroom. Let’s reflect together where to
start to change because it is never too late!
Alessandra Nicolosi works as an Italian instructor at
Metu. Her interests include the use of technology and
e-learning. She has been taking part in conferences
relevant to those themes.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Learner Motivation
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Workshop
Topic
Learner Autonomy
Learner Motivation
Professional
Development
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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Concurrent Sessions
11.15 – 12.00
11.15-12.00
Hall A
11.15-12.00
Hall B
11.15-12.00
Hall B
Communication Practice in English Language
Classrooms
Kathleen Malu (sponsored by American Embassy)
Are you looking for strategies to help your learners
practice English? Do you have learners from different
backgrounds? Participants in this workshop will not only
learn ways to teach a wide variety of learners but they
will also have opportunities to experience hands-on,
interactive activities that encourage learners to speak
English. Handouts will be available.
Kathleen F. Malu, Ph.D., is Professor at William
Paterson University in the U.S.A. and Research Fellow
at the University of South Africa. She has taught ESL/
EFL and trained teachers for more than 35 years in a
wide variety of settings including Rwanda, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, and the United Nations
International School in New York City.
Grammar Incorporation into Young Learner Classes:
Focus-on-Form or Focus-On-Forms?
Asst. Prof. Dönercan Dönük
Teaching grammar to young learners has been a thorny
issue that has been the concern of many studies. Taking
into consideration the previous studies, the present study
aims to raise awareness of English teacher candidates
by Focus-on-Form or Focus-On-Forms in young learner
classrooms. Thus, the findings are of direct practical
relevance for the language teachers who teach to young
learners.
Asst. Prof. Dönercan Dönük is working at Mersin
University, and she is interested in improving the quality
of teacher education and training on the basis of the
pedagogical content of the curriculum.
Listening to Children: An Important Tool for
Development
Lucy Costa
This session aims to illustrate how Clark’s Mosaic
approach, as a listening tool, provides adults with a living
picture of the different facets of children. The presenter
will show how, through this approach, she enabled her
students of 4-7 to grow and develop their cognitive and
social skills as well as Carr’s ‘positive dispositions’
towards learning English as a second language.
Lucy Costa’s expertise lies in working with Very Young
Learners. She holds a BA in ‘Early Years’ and is a
teacher, teacher trainer and intercultural trainer at
British Council Milan
Workshop
Topic
Skills: Speaking
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learning Strategies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Skills: Grammar
Teacher Training
Teaching Young
Learners
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of young
learners
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Assessment and
Evaluation
Teaching Young
Learners
Audience
Teachers of young
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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11.15-12.00
Hall C
Learning Needs of Preparatory Students
Gökçen Aydın
This paper presents findings from a larger needs analysis
project regarding the views of students, language
instructors and faculty members on the future language
skills needs for university study. The presenter will focus
on the necessities, that is, future needs as perceived by
various stakeholders. The findings reveal discrepancy
between the participants’ views. The implications for
curriculum design will be discussed.
Gökçen Aydın is a research assistant in Learning &
Student Development Office and a PhD student in
Guidance and Psychological Counseling Program,
received her B.S. degree from Department of FLE.
11.15-12.00
Hall C
Investigating EFL Learners’ Needs through Student
Diversity Issues
Assoc. Prof. Nikoloz Parjanadze & Mehmet Şahiner
Global interconnectedness requires closer links among
the nations, and the English language has been a major
means of communication. This created an increased
demand on teaching English in English-speaking and
non-English-speaking countries. Through qualitative
approach the research studied teaching and learning
process in culturally diverse English language classrooms
in a Georgian university to identify approaches to support
academic process.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikoloz Parjanadze works at
International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
He delivers lectures in Educational leadership and
management, research skills, and general English.
11.15-12.00
Hall D
Using Literature in EFL Classrooms Through CLIL
Methodology
Büşra Müge Özdil
This presentation is concerned with how to use literature
in EFL classrooms through CLIL (content and language
integrated learning) methodology gaining ground in
Europe. It investigates the ways to nurture different
needs, increase motivation and interaction, raise cultural
awareness. It includes sample hands-on activities and
suggestions for effective integration and implications for
EFL teachers interested in the field.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Learning Strategies
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
ELF / EIL
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Applied linguists
Audience Type
Experienced /
Inexperienced
Workshop
Topic
Skills: Vocabulary
Teaching Young
Learners
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Büşra Müge Özdil is a senior student at the Department Teachers of young
of Foreign Language Education, METU. She is interested learners
in CLIL. During her Comenius experience, she conducted Experienced teachers
CLIL Art lessons introducing Turkish culture.
Audience Type
Experienced /
Inexperienced
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11.15-12.00
Hall E
Socrative 2.0 as an Online Assessment Tool in
Language Classes
Mertcan Üney & Çiğdem Yoleri
This workshop aims at demonstrating sample activities
using Socrative 2.0 as an assessment tool in language
classes. This workshop will include hands-on activities
and it is recommended that the participants should bring
their mobile devices (mobile phones, laptops, or Ipads) if
they would like to take an active role in this session
Mertcan Üney is studying at Abant Izzet Baysal
University, Department of English Language Teaching
in Bolu. He went to Denmark as an Erasmus student in
2013 and he studied at University College Zealand.
Çiğdem Yoleri is studying at Abant Izzet Baysal
University, Department of English Language Teaching
in Bolu. She went to Denmark as an Erasmus student in
2013 and she studied at University College Zealand.
11.15-12.00
Hall F
Rediscovering Writing
Lindsay Clandfield
Communicative approaches to language teaching have
put much value on the oral skill. Classrooms around the
world have, over the past thirty years, devoted more and
more time in class to speaking, which is great. Writing
however, has remained relatively unchanged. Often
assigned for homework, or in the form of longer pieces
of writing (the composition, the essay, the business
letter) this skill has just not seemed as sexy as speaking.
However, due to technological developments we are all
writing now a lot more than we used to. In some cases,
we write more to people than we talk to them. This
workshop looks at activities and tools that help students
practice writing in new and enjoyable ways.
Workshop
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Teachers of young
learners
Materials writers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Workshop
Topic
Skills: Writing
Approaches and
Methodologies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Lindsay Clandfield is an award-winning writer, teacher,
teacher trainer and international speaker in the field of
English language teaching. He has written more than ten
coursebooks for language learners and is the co-author
of various methodology books for teachers. You can find
out more about him at his website www.lindsayclandfield.
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11.15-12.00
Hall G
11.15-12.00
Hall G
11.15-12.00
Hall H
The Impact of L2 Learners’ Belief Systems on
Reading Comprehension
Nurtaç Kavukçu Atak & Gökçe Mandalı Kurdoğlu
Through this talk, as two material developers and
language teachers we aim to share the results of a case
study on how learners’ reading comprehension can be
influenced by their diverse and intricate belief systems.
The findings and the implications of the study may
contribute to ELT professionals’ understanding of the
reader-text interaction in L2.
Nurtaç Kavukçu Atak works at Ipek University as a
material developer and instructor. She received her BA
from Boğaziçi University and her MA, DELTA and ICELT
from Bilkent University.
Gökçe Mandalı Kurdoğlu is a material developer
and instructor at Ipek University. She graduated from
Hacettepe University and worked as an instructor at
Bilkent University. She earned her MA, DELTA and
ICELT from Bilkent University.
Learner Beliefs and Anxiety in the Turkish EFL
Context
Erhan Aslan & Assoc. Prof. Amy S. Thompson
This study explores the relationship between Turkish
EFL learners’ beliefs about language learning and
their language learning anxiety. The findings indicate
significant positive and negative correlations between
a number of anxiety and beliefs constructs, such as fear
of ambiguity, necessity to learn English well, classroom
performance anxiety, and desire to interact with native
speakers.
Erhan Aslan is a doctoral candidate at the University
of South Florida. His work on SLA appeared in journals
such as Journal of Pragmatics, LLJ, IJM, and ELT
Research Journal.
Amy S. Thompson is an associate professor at USF.
Her primary research interests involve IDs in SLA with
publications in journals such as MLJ, TESOL Quarterly,
and Foreign Language Annals.
Attitudes of Young Learners at Different Ages to
English Lessons
Mehmet Burçin Özkan
English, which is the language of communication, trade
and many other important areas of the 21st century, is of
high importance for countries. In this study, the attitudes
of young learners, regarding their age of starting to
learn English, are tried to be found out via unstructured
interviews. This study underline the importance of age
for starting to learn English.
Mehmet Burçin Özkan has been working at Ministry
of Education for three years. He is graduate from ELT
Department at Mersin University and received MA
degree in ELT at Çağ University.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Learning Strategies
Skills: Reading
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Materials writers
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Learner Autonomy
Research
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Applied linguists
Audience Type
Experienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Learner Autonomy
Learner Motivation
Teaching Young
Learners
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of young
learners
Experienced teachers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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11.15-12.00
Hall H
Attitudes of Young Learners at Different Ages to
English Lessons
English, which is the language of communication, trade
and many other important areas of the 21st century, is of
high importance for countries. In this study, the attitudes
of young learners, regarding their age of starting to
learn English, are tried to be found out via unstructured
interviews. This study underline the importance of age
for starting to learn English.
Mehmet Burçin Özkan has been working at Ministry
of Education for three years. He is graduate from ELT
Department at Mersin University and received MA
degree in ELT at Çağ University.
11.15-12.00
Hall H
Paper Presentation
Topic
Learner Autonomy
Learner Motivation
Teaching Young
Learners
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of young
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Teaching Diversity to Young Learners
Asst. Prof. Derya Bozdoğan
Paper Presentation
Topic
This paper aims to outline the research on teaching
Curriculum
diversity to young learners and to propose a related
Development
syllabus. The study is composed of three sections;
literature review, a proposed syllabus and views of young Teaching Young
Learners
learners. Hence, a task-based syllabus was prepared for
young learners. In the last stage, four young learners
Audience
were interviewed and some tasks were performed.
EFL / ESL teachers
Asst. Prof. Derya Bozdoğan is now with TED University (general)
Teachers of young
after she worked at Abant İzzet Baysal University. Her
learners
research interests include CALL, Teaching English to
K-12 teachers
Young Learners and CLIL.
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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Plenary Talk
13.00-13.45
Kemal
Kurdaş Hall
High Quality Classroom Assessment for All
Dr. Deena Boraie
Classroom language assessment has changed reflecting the developments of
teaching and learning theory and practices. Assessment terminology has become
a minefield because it has caused confusion among concepts which can affect
classroom practice. In this plenary, I will examine the current landscape of language
assessment describing the changes that have occurred and clarifying some of the
assessment terminology. I will also discuss the strategies required by teachers in any
context to produce high quality classroom assessments meeting the accountability
information needs of policy makers.
Dr. Deena Boraie is the Dean and Professor of Practice at the School of Continuing
Education at the American University in Cairo and she currently serves as Past
President of the TESOL International Association. She leads a school that offers a
wide range of continuing education and training programs in the areas of English
language, IT and business studies, Arabic language, translation and teacher
training. She is also a language testing expert and an assessment and evaluation
consultant and trainer. She is a visiting professor of practice in the MA / PhD
Applied Linguistics program at the Faculty of Arts, English Department of Cairo
University where she teaches research.
Concurrent Sessions
14.00 – 14.45
14.00-14.45
Hall A
The Syntactic and Morphological Differences between
British and American English
Saliha Toscu
This study aims to explore Turkish EFL instructors’
awareness of the syntactic and morphological differences
in British and American English. The study reveals
participants’ overall recognition level of the differences
between BrE and AmE and the factors affecting the
participants’ recognition level are discussed in this study.
Saliha Toscu is a PhD Student at Hacettepe University
ELT Department.
14.00-14.45
Hall A
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Paper Presentation
Topic
Global Issues
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Inexperienced
Foreign English Language Teachers’ Interface with
Students’ L1 and Culture
Dr. Olga Skliar
This study focused on teachers and students’ beliefs
about foreign English instructors’ interface with the
Turkish language and culture in the case of two Englishmedium universities in Ankara. Although the majority
of participants emphasized the importance of the host
country’s language and culture knowledge, a substantial
part demonstrated their preferences for instruction
excluding references to the local language and culture.
Paper Presentation
Dr. Olga Skliar completed a BA in English Philology at
Bishkek Humanities University, Kyrgyzstan. She holds
an MA in ELT and recently earned her PhD in ELT from
METU.
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Topic
Applied Linguistics
ELF / EIL
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Applied linguists
14.00-14.45
Hall B
Using Concept Map Techniques in ESP to Improve
Reading Comprehension
Fatemeh Fazlali
This study aims at investigating the effect of concept
mapping and to examine the effectiveness of using
concept mapping as a supplemental tool to improve
reading comprehension of students In ESP.The students
majoring at Physical Education.
Results showed that using concept mapping had a
significant effect on the improvement of the reading
comprehension of the university students in ESP.
Fatemeh Fazlali is a PhD candidate in university of
Tehran. She has been teaching English for more than 20
years. Her field of interest is Technology and Teaching.
14.00-14.45
Hall B
14.00-14.45
Hall C
Effects of Pre-reading Activities on EFL Reading
Comprehension
Asst. Prof. Redouane Madaoui
This study investigates the effects of two pre-reading
activities (class discussion and vocabulary definitions)
and a control condition on the reading comprehension
of 57 Moroccan college freshmen. It also investigates
the differential facilitative effect of the two pre-reading
activities.The results are interpreted in relation to the
schema-theoretic view of the reading, and to their
implications for EFL reading instruction.
Redouane Madaoui is an assistant professor at the
department of English Studies in the Faculty of Arts
and The Humanities, Agadir – Morocco. His areas of
research are EFL reading pedagogy and Academic
Writing.
The Effect of Audio and Video Modality on
Comprehension of Reduced Forms: The Role of ELearning
Kaine Gülözer
This dissertation study investigates whether the
instruction of five reduced forms (RFs) result in any
difference in listening comprehension test performance.
The five forms entail (a) contraction, (b) assimilation,
(c) flap, (d) elision, (e) linking. This study proposes
intervension in two conditions as audio versus video and
investigates their contribution to the learning of RFs and
overall listening comprehension for both low proficieny
and high proficiency level of L2 learners.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
ESP
Learning Strategies
Audience
Teachers of adult
learners
Teachers of young
learners
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Research
Skills: Reading
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Novice teachers
Audience Type
Inexperienced
PhD Workshop
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Skills: Listening
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Novice teachers
Kaine Gülözer is a PhD candidate and an ELT instructor Experienced teachers
in Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey.
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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14.00-14.45
Hall C
14.00-14.45
Hall D
14.00-14.45
Hall E
Teachers as Reflective Practitioners: CA-Informed
Pedagogy in Practicum
Gözde Balıkçı
The main purpose of the thesis is to integrate
conversation analysis into language teacher education
program in order to help pre-service teachers analyse
classroom discourse and shape the interaction and
student learning. It is believed that conversation analytic
tools will help pre-service teachers to research their
classrooms, reflect on their teachings and promote
more interaction in language classrooms. The results
of the study may show the contribution of CA to
the development of pre-service teachers during the
practicum.
Gözde Balıkçı is currently pursuing a PhD degree on
ELT in the Department of Foreign Language Education
at Middle East Technical University and is also working
as a research assistant at the same department. She holds
an MA degree in ELT from METU. Her MA thesis is on
critical reading discourses of pre-service EFL teachers.
Her research interests are critical pedagogy, second
language teacher education and conversation analysis.
The new PPP- Particularity, Practicality, Possibility
Fatma O’Neill
The session will focus on a revised approach to language
learning that prioritizes the development of learner
identity in order to maximize learner progress. This
post methodology approach highlights particularity,
possibility, and practicality. The workshop will outline
the said principles as well as giving practical classroom
based examples and the opportunity to collaborate to
develop materials which promote learner identity.
Fatma O’neill holds a BA from Boğaziçi University
and a DELTA degree. She teaches EAP at Şehir
University and is completing her MA. She’s presented at
international conferences on various topics.
Digital Natives and Imaginative Materials
Asst. Prof. Müfit Şenel & Asst. Prof. Deren Başak
Akman
The aim of this e-session is to introduce some useful
websites such as “Taggalaxy”, “Padlet”, “Cueprompter”,
“Goanimate”, “Storybird”, etc. to teach and practice
some language skills with innovative and imaginative
materials for digital natives.
Müfit Şenel is an Asst.Prof.Dr. at 19 Mayıs University,
Faculty of Education. He has been teaching English for
12 years. His interests are language teaching, TEYL,
technology, e-Learning and m-learning.
Deren Başak Akman is an Asst. Prof. Dr. at Samsun 19
Mayıs University, ELT Dept. She’s been teaching English
to adult learners for 4 years. Her field of studies are
language teaching methods / approaches, testing and
evaluation.
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PhD Workshop
Topic
Appied Linguistics
Teacher Education
Professional
Development
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Novice teachers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Workshop
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learner Motivation
Professional
Development
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
E-session
Topic
Learner Motivation
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Materials writers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
14.00-14.45
Hall F
14.00-14.45
Hall G
Cross-Cultural Understanding in the Language
Classroom
David Gibson
This workshop will aim to show how an exploration of
cross-cultural awareness can enrich the learning process
to everyone’s advantage, bringing students together
through sharing and mutual acceptance. Students can be
genuinely surprised, as well as intellectually stimulated,
by the realisation of the attitudes, beliefs, concepts,
behaviours, and influences that are held in common with
other cultures. At the same time as students are enabled
to express themselves as they see themselves through
their own culture, perhaps the main goal of language
teaching can be achieved – that of authentic interpersonal
communication.
David Gibson became a teacher in 1964 and taught
for 15 years in elementary and secondary schools
in England. Moving to Greece in 1979, he taught in
private language schools before joining the British
Council, Thessaloniki, as a Teacher of English Language
and Literature, Teacher-Trainer, and Coordinator of
Student Cultural and Social Activities. He has worked
for ESOL examinations for many years as Supervisor,
Oral Examiner, Team Leader, Seminar Presenter, and
Inspector. David is an active member of TESOL Greece
and a founder and three-time board member of TESOL
Macedonia-Thrace, Northern Greece, giving regular
presentations at conventions and conferences. He retired
from teaching in 2008 in order to concentrate on other,
mostly education-related projects.
Oral Interviews and Guided Role Play Activities in
Assessing Speaking
Nuriye Karakaya
This study aimed to find out the attitudes of students
towards two speaking test types: oral proficiency
interviews and guided role plays respectively in assessing
their speaking performance, and reveal the differences
and opportunities these two tests provided in assessing
speaking proficiency. The analysis revealed that the
difference in structure and interaction patterns affected
students’ performance.
Workshop
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learner Motivation
Culture in ELT
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Assessment and
Evaluation
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Test writers
Nuriye Karakaya has been teaching English at Kırıkkale
University since 2012. She is currently a Masters Student
in English Language Teaching at Middle East Technical Audience Type
Experienced
University.
Inexperienced
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14.00-14.45
Hall G
English Instructors’ Attitudes Towards Holistic and
Analytic Assessment of Speaking
Engin Evrim Önem
Both holistic and analytic assessment of speaking have
advantages and disadvantages in foreign language
teaching but instructors’ attitudes towards them are
underestimated. This study aims to reveal the attitudes
of ELT teachers at a state university towards holistic and
analytic assessment of speaking via both quantitative and
qualitative methods of data collection.
Engin Evrim Önem has been teaching English since
2001 and has published several articles related to
teaching English. He is currently enrolled at Bilkent
University, MA TEFL program.
14.00-14.45
Hall H
14.00-14.45
Hall H
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Skills: Speaking
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Test writers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
“Self” in EFL: Differences Among Proficiency Groups Interactive Research
Asst. Prof. Faruk Türker
Paper Presentation
This study intended to investigate the self-efficacy
Topic
of EFL students enrolled at a state university. More
Learner Autonomy
specifically, the aim was to explore EFL self-efficacy
Learner Motivation
level of the students in relation to their academic success
in English. The analysis of the EFL self-efficacy survey
Audience
revealed that EFL learners had high sense of self-efficacy Program administrators
in language learning tasks.
K-12 teachers
Asst. Prof. Faruk Türker has been teaching English and
training teachers of EFL for 25 years.
Audience Type
Experienced /
Inexperienced
Emerging Multiple Identities in Students’ Social
Media Interaction
Paper Presentation
Dr. Arzu Ekoç
Topic
The aspiration is to provide a lens to students’ emerging
Learner Autonomy
multiple identities in social media with the participation
Research
of 35 prep school students for four months in 2012.
Adopting a series of qualitative methodological and
Audience
theoretical pillars, it revealed that multiple identities
Teachers of adult
of students may become salient and were established
through solidarity, friendship, jokes and multi modalities learners
in social media.
Dr. Arzu Ekoç has been teaching English at YTU since
2006. She received her B.A. in Translation Studies from
Boğaziçi University, her M.A. and Ph.D. in ELT from
Istanbul University in 2013.
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Paper Presentation
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Concurrent Sessions
15.00 – 15.45
15.00-15.45
Hall A
15.00-15.45
Hall B
What’s up with the Attitude?: Fancy to Script
Tuğçe Köse & Kübra Saygılı
In this workshop, our main purpose is to indicate a poststage activity which aims to promote the speaking skills
of the students by using silent video samples from the
famous TV series. This will increase the sociolinguistic
competence of the students and help them infer who the
speakers are, what the situation is, the speaker’s attitude
and the purpose.
Workshop
Topic
Learner Motivation
Skills: Speaking
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
Tuğçe Köse received her B.A from METU, Department
of English Language Education. She received Cambridge learners
ICELT at Bilkent University. Currently, she’s an EFL
instructor at İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi.
Audience Type
Kübra Saygılı got her BA degree in English Language
Teaching from European University of Lefke in 2009. She Experienced
completed her MA degree in English Language Teaching Inexperienced
at Çağ University in 2014. Among her areas of interest
are teaching English to adult learners, ESP, drama,
speaking abilities and classroom motivation as well as
communicative activities.
Inspirational Web 2.0 Tools... Digitally Yours!
Workshop
Elif Şeşen & Burçin Hasanbaşoğlu
Topic
In this workshop, the presenters will introduce a variety
of Web 2.0 tools under five categories. The blackboard is Approaches and
always here to stay but it seems that Web 2.0 has become Methodologies
the pen and paper of today. So log in and stay connected! Learning Strategies
Elif Şeşen and Burçin Hasanbaşoğlu are ELT
Audience
instructors at METU. They have experience in textbook
EFL / ESL teachers
writing, teacher training and syllabus design, and are
(general)
also interested in ICT in education.
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced /
Inexperienced
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15.00-15.45
Hall C
15.00-15.45
Hall C
15.00-15.45
Hall D
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Investigating Satisfaction with A Graduate Academic
Writing Center
Cahide Elise Çavuşoğlu & Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurdan
Özbek Gürbüz
This presentation is an outline of an ethnographic case
study that will assess tutees and tutors’ satisfaction with
an academic writing center operating in an EFL context.
Current literature on different approaches to and methods
of assessing satisfaction with writing centers will be
reviewed, followed by an explanation of the design,
approach and methods adopted in the present study.
PhD Workshop
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Research
Skills: Writing
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Cahide Elise Çavuşoğlu teaches freshman English at
Teachers of adult
METU. She is a writing consultant and coordinator of the learners
AWCenter. Her research interests are academic writing,
Writing center
writing tutoring, and writing center administration.
administrators and tutors
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurdan Özbek-Gürbüz is an Associate
Audience Type
Professor at Middle East Technical University,
Experienced
Department of Foreign Language Education.
Supporting and Developing Students’ English
Paper Presentation
Literacy Practices in the Disciplines
Shari Dureshahwar Lughamani
Topic
The paper will report findings from the needs analysis
Applied Linguistics
being conducted for an interinstitutional collaborative
UGC funded literacy project into Social Science, Science Approaches and
Methodologies
and Engineering. The project will develop relevant
Language Policies
resources that content and language teachers will use
in their classrooms to establish a stimulating learning
Audience
environment for students.
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Shari Dureshahwar Lughamani works at the Hong
Kong Polytechnic University where she coordinates the
Materials writers
integration of English literacy into the general education Test writers
subjects in collaboration between the ELC and GE
Applied linguists
subject offering departments. She also manages an interAudience Type
institutional project funded by the University Grants
Experienced
Committee on supporting writing in the disciplines.
Inexperienced
Student Behaviors on Revision Process
Duygu Aktuğ Ekinci
Paper Presentation
Topic
This paper reports on a study developed to ascertain the
Applied Linguistics
students’ perceptions of the revision process of their
Assessment and
written outputs regarding the use of correction code
symbols. The study also analyzes the cognitive processes Evaluation
Skills: Writing
the learners experience during the revision process
of the writing tests through think aloud protocols and
Audience
interviews.
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Duygu Aktuğ Ekinci is an instructor at Uludağ
Teachers of adult
University School of Foreign Languages. She holds her
learners
BA in ELT from Anadolu University, and an MA in TEFL Applied linguists
from Bilkent University.
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
15.00-15.45
Hall D
15.00-15.45
Hall E
15.00-15.45
Hall F
Recognizing and Addressing Student Retention in
EFL Programmes
Asst. Prof. Donald Staub & Gokce Akinturk-Erkaya
Student retention in EFL preparatory programmes is an
important, yet little-discussed issue. Ironically, it should
be a primary agenda item for foundation universities
because of its financial impact. This study examines
retention in EFL prep programmes in Istanbul, providing
possible explanations for student attrition and suggestions
for addressing retention challenges.
Paper Presentation
Topic
ELF / EIL
Language Policies
Learner Motivation
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
Donald Staub is an Assistant Professor at Isik University, (general)
where he is also the Coordinator of Quality Assurance
for the SFL. His research interests are Quality Assurance,
Audience Type
Retention, & EMI.
Experienced
Gokce Akinturk-Erkaya is a researcher-practitioner in
the School of Foreign Languages at Isik. She is both in
the SFL’s Assessment Office as well as an instructor. She
is also conducting research on EFL student retention for
her MA thesis.
E-session
Dancing Concordancers: the Use of Web
Concordancers in ELT
Sultan Tutku Budak
This e-session will present the uses of web concordancers Topic
Learning Strategies
as a research tool for diversity in language classroom.
It shall illustrate how this instrument can help language
teachers find examples of authentic use of language
and create materials from various contextual cases. The
Audience
workshop will demonstrate and include participation
EFL / ESL teachers
on how concordancers contribute to learner inductivity,
(general)
language awareness and autonomy.
Materials writers
Sultan Tutku Budak was born in Mugla, Turkey, and
received the B.A. degree in English Language Teaching
from METU in 2010. Her current research interests
include concordancing softwares, DDL and CALL.
Researching and Teaching English for Multilinguals
Suresh Canagarajah
In this workshop, we will analyze sample writing of a
multilingual student to consider how she appropriates
English grammar for her voice and communicative
objectives. We will also analyze how the teacher
responds to the atypical usage of grammar. Based on this
analysis, we will develop a multilingual pedagogy for
English language learning. We will also debate whether
such a pedagogy will facilitate socially empowering
and linguistically complex proficiency for multilingual
students. The workshop will feature group discussion,
collaborative analysis, and plenary reports.
Suresh Canagarajah is the Erle Sparks Professor
at Pennsylvania State University. He teaches World
Englishes, Second Language Writing, and Postcolonial
Studies in the departments of English and Applied
Linguistics.
Test writers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Workshop
Topic
Skills: Speaking
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learning Strategies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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15.00-15.45
Hall G
The Motives Underlying High School Students’
Speaking Problems
Dr. Işıl Gunseli Kacar & Eda Demirel
This mixed-method collaborative action research
study aimed to explore extrinsic and intrinsic motives
underlying speaking problems of Turkish EFL
learners in K-12 schools. The data was collected via
the questionnaire, classroom observations and semistructured interviews. Findings indicated peer pressure,
learners’ fear of rejection and cultural background,
teachers’ classroom practices and approaches towards
teaching, and exam-oriented instruction are the main
motives.
Dr. Işıl Günseli Kaçar is an instructor and the vicechair at the Department of FLE, METU. She is interested
in pre-service teacher education, the integration of
information technologies into EFL classrooms, and ELFaware teacher education.
Eda Demirel has been an English teacher in a private
high school for 4 years. She is a METU/TEFL graduate
keeping her MA in ELT in METU now. She is interested
in classroom research and materials development in ELT.
15.00-15.45
Hall G
The Impact of Contextual Clues on Oral Performance
of EFL Learners
Nazlınur Göktürk
This study investigates the impact of the presence
and absence of contextual clues with speaking tasks
on learners’ oral performance, in particular content
development. By relying on in-depth analyses of the
actual performance discourse and test scores assigned
to the learners, the study seeks to contribute to our
understanding of the assessment of speaking in a
classroom context.
Nazlınur Göktürk works as an EFL Instructor at
Hacettepe University, School of Foreign Languages.
Besides, she is pursuing a master’s degree in English
Language Teaching at Middle East Technical University.
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Paper Presentation
Topic
Learner Motivation
Audience
Research
Skills: Speaking
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Skills: Speaking
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Test writers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
15.00-15.45
Hall H
It can be done! Implementing Culture into Language
Clases
Ayşe Onut & Fatma Galatyalı
This presentation will highlight the importance of
culture in language classes. Multicultural Education is an
opportunity for language teachers to raise awareness of
how language and culture are related; language is used
to convey culture and cultural relations, and this is a
vital issue we as language teachers face in multicultural
learning environments.
Ayşe Onut is a senior instructor at the Eastern
Mediterranean University. She has nineteen years’ of
teaching experience. She also worked at ISTEK schools.
She has an MA in ELT.
Fatma Galatyalı is a senior instructor at the EMU. She
is a graduate of Hacettepe University. She has been
teaching at EMU since 1995. She holds an MA in ELT.
Workshop
Topic
Global Issues
Learner Motivation
Learning Strategies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Dave’n’Luke - English Language Theatre
16.00-16.45
Kemal
Kurdas Hall
“Hard Times for Teachers”
Empowering Teachers through Drama Techniques:
Voice, Body Language, Presence: a performance by
David Gibson and Luke Prodromou
It is a truth universally acknowledged in ELT research
that in effective teaching three factors play a crucial
role: the teacher’s voice, body language and presence.
These factors come together powerfully in dramatic
and theatrical techniques in which language is activated
in memorable ways for both teacher and student.
This performance will demonstrate and discuss these
principles in a highly practical way.
English Language
Theatre
In this session, the presenters demonstrate the importance
and power of the Big Three (Voice, Body Language and
Presence) through the performance of short sketches
originally written and performed in collaboration with
students in simple, accessible language. The sketches
are about everyday topics including language teaching
and learning and are designed to entertain and instruct.
We will also demonstrate the use of a one-act play,
originally produced for the professional theatre, and here
adapted to the needs of English language learners of all
ages and classes, large and small.
The buses will leave at 5 pm for the historical Ankara tour and the gala dinner.
Meeting point: Registration desk in the main hall.
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TUESDAY, MAY 26
Plenary Talk
09.15-10.00
Kemal
Kurdas Hall
Making the Most of Diversity in Mixed Level Classes
Luke Prodromou
In this talk, Luke looks at one of the greatest of all challenges to teachers, dealing
with mixed levels classes. He will explore ways of taking advantage of the diversity
we find in every class, doing justice to both ‘fast’ and ‘slower’ learners. He tackles
mixed ability on several interrelated levels: (1) discipline - rules and regulations
(2) classroom management (3) attention-friendly techniques (4) motivation. He
shows how the problems of mixed level classes must be tackled on many levels if
we are to make progress. The methodological approach to mixed level classes and
masking the most of diversity involves (a) using learner input (b) getting students to
complement each other in co-operative activities (c) transforming closed into openended exercises (d) using errors as steps in learning (error not terror) (e) Testing v.
Teaching: transforming one into the other.
Dr. Luke Prodromou is a teacher, teacher-trainer and materials writer. He has
been a speaker at many international conferences. Luke graduated from Bristol
University in English and has an MA in Shakespeare Studies (Birmingham
University) a Diploma in TEFL (Leeds University) and a Ph.D (Nottingham
University). He has conducted teacher training courses for the British Council,
Pilgrims (Canterbury) NILE (Norwich) the University of Edinburgh, ESADE
(Barcelona), LEND (Italy) et al. He is the author of numerous textbooks and is
also the co-author of Dealing with Difficulties (with Lindsay Clandfield), Mixed
Abiilty Classes (Macmillan) and English as a Lingua Franca. Luke is one half of
the Dave’n’Luke English Language Theatre group. http://davenluke.wordpress.com/
He is a founder member of the Disabled Access-Friendly campaign. http://www.
disabled-accessfriendly.com/ He also gives dramatized talks on Shakespeare and
Dickens, their life, work and relevance to modern issues (education, gender equality
etc). Concurrent Sessions
10.15 – 11.00
10.15-11.00
Hall A
Storybooks: Tool for Language Learning and
Competence
Ibrahim Yabagi Mohammed
Storybooks are fictional depiction of real societies.
They bring to the classroom a socio-cultural context
that allows the learner to imbibe language. They expose
readers to cultural identities and create communicative
environment. This presentation proposes a modelGRAWRISLIST where all the components of language
are generated from storybooks and taught independently.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Learning Strategies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Teachers of young
learners
Ibrahim Yabagi Mohammed received his BA(ed) in
English in Usmanu Fodio University in Sokoto, Nigeria
in 1991, and had Master of International Affairs and
Diplomacy (MIAD) in Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria,
Audience Type
Nigeria in 2000. He started teaching in 1998.
Experienced
Inexperienced
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10.15-11.00
Hall A
Drama as a Means to Pamper Diversity in ESL
Classes
M.Çağlar Altiparmak
Drama is imitation, as is second language learning.
Drama activities can be used to reinforce language
learnt (Mordecai, 1985; Fernandez and CoIl, 1986)
and foster learning as they create the urge to use preexisting knowledge of the target language. This paper
looks at how drama can be infused to ESL classes to
accommodate learner diversity.
Çağlar Altıparmak, a graduate of English Language
and Literature, Ankara University, is currently pursuing
studies in Drama at MA level and also doing his Delta.
He has taught English, EAP at university level for ten
years.
10.15-11.00
Hall B
Social Positioning and Classroom Participation in an
EFL Classroom
Özlem Özbakış, Hakan Tarhan, Sena Balban & Elifcan
Ata Kıl
This qualitative study was conducted to explore the
relationship between EFL students’ social positioning
and their access to learning opportunities. The data
for this study were collected through classroom
observations, in-depth interviews, and reflective diaries.
The findings helped us understand that language learning
is a predominantly individual process and the diverse
characteristics of learners must always be taken into
account.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learner Motivation
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Learning Strategies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Teacher educators
Özlem ÖZBAKIŞ is an instructor of English in the
Audience Type
Department of Foreign Languages at TOBB University
of Economics and Technology and a graduate student at Experienced
Inexperienced
Middle East Technical University.
Hakan TARHAN is an instructor in the Department of
Foreign Languages at TOBB University of Economics
and Technology and a graduate student at Middle East
Technical University in Turkey.
Sena BALBAN is an instructor at TOBB University of
Economics and Technology in the Department of Foreign
Languages. Her graduate study at Middle East Technical
University in Turkey still continues.
Elifcan ATA KIL works as an instructor at Boğaziçi
University in the School of Foreign Languages and
currently she is pursuing her M.A. degree at Middle East
Technical University.
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10.15-11.00
Hall B
Building Trust, Confidence, and Belonging in the
Classroom
David Gibson
In this practical presentation we consider the ways in
which students might fail in the classroom - through not
having a real sense of belonging, and being reluctant
to participate in activities. Solutions are explored in
the form of simple steps teachers can take with a little
thought, the minimum of effort - and no gadgets.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learner Motivation
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
David Gibson has worked as a Teacher of English
Language and Literature, Teacher-Trainer, and
Coordinator of Student Cultural and Social Activities. He Audience Type
Experienced /
is an active member of TESOL Greece and a founder of
Inexperienced
TESOL Macedonia-Thrace.
10.15-11.00
Hall C
Managing Diversity in Curriculum Development
Sibel Tüzel Kandiller & Sevgi Irk
This presentation, by referring to a curriculum effort at
the English language program of an English-medium
university in Turkey, discusses the steps to determine the
what of change, and presents a number of principles that
need to be considered while mapping the how to ensure
successful implementation.
Sibel Tüzel Kandiller (RSA-DOTE, MATEFL) is
currently the Director of SFL at Izmir University. Her
interests include teacher & trainer growth, curriculum
development & evaluation and performance assessment.
Sevgi Irk earned her BA in ELT. Since 2008, she
has been working as an English instructor at Izmir
University, where she is also a member of the Research
and Development Team.
10.15-11.00
Hall C
A New Dimension to Preparatory School Curricula
Zeynep Mine Derince
This is a small-scale and exploratory study which aims
to introduce some issues involved in the application
of transformative pedagogy to a B1 Preparatory
English class and deepen understandings of the role of
background knowledge in classroom instruction. The
findings suggest that learner motivation increases when
social realities of their own lives and their communities
become a part of learning.
Zeynep Mine Derince is an English instructor at
School of Foreign Languages. Her research areas
include Critical Literacy, language planning and policy,
curriculum design, and English as a Lingua Franca.
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Paper Presentation
Topic
Curriculum
Development
Audience
Teachers of adult
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learner Motivation
Audience
Teachers of adult
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
10.15-11.00
Hall D
10.15-11.00
Hall D
Turkish ELT Students’ Perceptions about Blended
English Courses Hatice Yağcı, Halil İbrahim Çınarbaş
& Duygu Gökpınar
The aim of this study was to investigate English
Language Teaching students’ perceptions about blended
learning on improvement of language skills. Quantitative
research methodology was used in the study. The sample
consisted of 101 ELT students. The results showed that
students mostly had positive attitudes towards blended
courses and they found these courses advantageous and
beneficial for improving language skills.
Hatice Yağcı has been working as a res. asst. at Zirve
University. Currently, she is a PhD student at METU
FLE Department. Her research interests focus on teacher
training and education.
Halil İbrahim Çınarbaş is an MA student at METU FLE
Department. He is interested in special education and
program evaluation.
Duygu Gökpınar is an MA student at METU FLE
department. She is a teacher at public schools. She is
interested in blended learning and material development.
Optimizing an EAP course through Blended
Approach
Özlem Zengin Ünal
Blended learning (BL) is generally defined as the
combination of two teaching approaches: traditional faceto-face and online. By applying BL, value can be added
to the teaching process and thus courses can be enriched.
This talk presents the study conducted on designing a
blended course in an EAP context and suggests different
ways of designing such a course.
Özlem Zengin Ünal is English instructor at Bilkent
University School of English Language. She’s doing MSc
in Curriculum and Instruction in METU and focuses on
methodology and technology use in ELT.
10.15-11.00
Hall E
Weebly – Class Websites and E-portfolio
Ufuk Akdemir
Weebly is the very online place where language teachers
can create their class websites on which they can manage
the e-distribution of class materials and submissions
of the assignments (e-portfolio). Therefore, Weebly is
an ideal tool that will foster virtual interaction between
teacher and students and save valuable time.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Research
Teacher Training
Audience
Teachers of adult
learners
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
EAP
Skills: Writing
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of young
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
E-session
Topic
ELF / EIL
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Ufuk Akdemir is an EFL Instructor and ICT Coordinator Program administrators
at Çankaya University. He is pursuing an MA degree on Teacher educators
Intercultural Studies at the University of Vaasa.
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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10.15-11.00
Hall F
Online Communities of Practice for Professional
Development
Asst. Prof. Sedat Akayoğlu
In this presentation, the characteristics of Online
Communities of Practice (CoP) will be listed and
Webheads, a succesful online CoP, will be introduced.
Moreover, the members of this community were
interviewed about their experiences and the factors
motivating them to be a part of this community and the
results of these interviews will be presented.
Sedat Akayoğlu is currently working as an Assistant
Professor at the Department of Foreign Language
Education, Abant Izzet Baysal University. His research
areas include CALL and Teacher Education.
10.15-11.00
Hall G
The Key to Harmony: Accepting Diversity
Yeşim Eraslan
The workshop will focus on addressing and incorporating
a diversity of beliefs and needs in shaping a Professional
Development Program. Although teacher development in
many language schools is dealt with within a structured
framework, we chose to structure it around the needs of
our individual teachers. The workshop will focus on the
concepts of teacher beliefs, respect and involvement.
Yeşim Eraslan retired from METU, the Department of
Modern Languages. After retiring in 2006, she joined
TEDU in January 2012 and works as the Director of the
English Language School.
10.15-11.00
Hall H
Longitudinally Studying Writing: Implications for
English Preparatory Programs
David Albachten & Levent Balcıoğlu
This two-year long study tracks writing in an Englishmedium university’s English preparatory program.
Encompassing over 300 students, the results show
clear improvement in the grammatical structure (43%
improvement), improvement in compositional structure
(with setbacks), and some interesting writing patterns.
The study suggests a need for altering teaching and
curricula, putting additional emphasis on several areas in
grammar and writing structure.
Workshop
Topic
Professional
Development
Teacher Training
Audience
Teachers of adult
learners
Teachers of young
learners
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Workshop
Topic
Professional
Development
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Curriculum
Development
Research
Skills: Writing
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
David Albachten received his BS and MA from the
Universities of California and Iowa. David founded/
Audience Type
heads the Academic Writing Center and teaches
Experienced
graduate-level academic writing at Istanbul Şehir
University.
Levent Balcıoğlu graduated from Ankara University
English Language and Literature and a second MA in
ELT from Maltepe University. Levent teaches at the Şehir
University English Preparatory Program (SEPP).
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10.15-11.00
Hall H
Possible Causes of Rater Discrepancy: A Case Study
Dr. Alev Özbay & Eser Kocaman Gürata
This case study explores the causes of rater discrepancy
and the development process of an EFL writing rubric.
Think aloud protocols and interviews were conducted
with 12 teachers. Results revealed that although teachers
had differing perceptions about “good writing” and
therefore responded better to analytical scoring, rubrics
alone do not ensure reliability unless raters are well
trained in using them.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Assessment and
Evaluation
Curriculum
Development
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
Dr. Alev Özbay is working as an instructor at Hacettepe (general)
Teachers of adult
University. She holds an MA in English Language and
Literature (1991) and a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction learners
(2008).
Test writers
Eser Kocaman-Gurata graduated from Hacettepe
University, Linguistics Department. She holds an MA in
Audience Type
Foreign Language Education from Ankara University.
Experienced
Currently, she teaches English at Hacettepe University,
Inexperienced
School of Foreign Languages.
Concurrent Sessions
11.15 – 12.00
11.15-12.00
Hall A
Deliberate Practice in Foreign Language Learning: A
Concept Whose Time has Come
Asst. Prof. Nasrin Altuwairesh
Researchers believe that reaching high levels in any
field is, by and large, the outcome of deliberate practice.
Despite being a major element on the path to achieving
expertise, deliberate practice has been overlooked by
language practitioners and researchers alike. Deliberate
practice is a concept that is very much relevant to
language learning but it has not made it into the language
classroom yet. This talk reports on a study which took
the initiative to explore the impact of deliberate practice
on L2 listening. I will shed light on the main elements of
deliberate practice and propose a way of applying it in
the language classroom.
Dr. Nasrin Altuwairesh is Assistant Professor at the
College of Languages and Translation/ King Saud
University. She holds a PhD in Education/ TESOL
from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.
Her research interests focus on language learning and
teaching, teaching EFL listening in particular.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learning Strategies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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11.15-12.00
Hall A
Teachers’ Attitudes towards Using Online Corpus
(COCA) to Develop Students’ English Vocabulary
Arzu Koçak
This paper presents research that investigates teachers’
perceptions about the use of online corpus (COCA) in
English courses to develop students ‘English vocabulary.
The study also explored whether there are any significant
differences between male and female participants with
respect to their perceptions of using online corpus
(COCA) to improve students’ English vocabulary.
Arzu Koçak graduated from Hacettepe University,
department of English Language Teaching in 2003 and
Bilkent MA TEFL program in 2010. Since then, she has
been working as an English instructor.
11.15-12.00
Hall B
11.15-12.00
Hall B
Using Augmented Reality Technology in Language
Classroom
Asst. Prof. Ekrem Solak, Recep Çakır
The purpose of this study was to inform about some of
the current applications on Augmented Reality (AR)
technology in language classroom at the elementary
level in Turkey. This study suggested that the use of AR
technology in language classroom at the elementary level
increased learners’ performances and made vocabulary
learning more effective in comparison with traditional
method.
Ekrem Solak is currently an assistant Professor at
Amasya University, Turkey. The focus of his studies is the
use of educational technology in language teaching.
Recep Çakır is from Amasya University Faculty of
Education in Amasya, Turkey.
eRead --> eWrite: Strategies that Work!
Dr. Yasmine Salah El-Din
Engaging students in critical reading in order to produce
engaging writing is a challenging, yet possible, goal. This
paper presents five reading strategies that aim to engage
students in critical reading tasks that are interesting,
relevant and challenging. Samples of the reading/writing
activities will be presented and suggestions for engaging
activities will be presented and discussed.
Yasmine Salah El-Din teaches academic reading and
writing at AUC. She has an MA in TEFL and a Ph. D.
in Applied Linguistics. Her interests include teacher
development and assessing writing.
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Paper Presentation
Topic
Skills: Vocabulary
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Novice teachers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of young
learners
Materials writers
Audience Type
Inexperienced
Experienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Skills: Reading
Skills: Writing
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
11.15-12.00
Hall C
11.15-12.00
Hall C
An Investigation on the Feasibility of Assessing
Writing Using Questionnaires
Dr. Alper Şahin
The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility
of using a questionnaire to assess student writing.
After a brief explanation of what to consider while
developing questionnaires, the findings of the study will
be shared with the participants. The target audiences of
this presentation are the program administrators, test
developers, experienced instructors and anyone interested
in assessing writing.
Dr. Alper Şahin has B.A&M.A. degrees in ELT and
a Ph.D. degree in educational measurement and
evaluation. His research areas are language testing,
performance assessment and computerized adaptive
testing.
Writing Dynamic Assessment of Holistic/Analytic
EFL Learners in Different Contexts
Mohaddeseh Alavi
This study investigated the effect of Dynamic Assessment
on the writing accuracy of holistic, analytic, and
relatively analytic and holistic EFL learners (N=122)) in
classroom and digital contexts. The participants received
appropriate Dynamic Assessment based feedback on
their writings. The results showed a significant difference
in the writing quality of holistic-analytic participants
received feedback in digital and classroom contexts.
Mohaddeseh Alavi is an MA graduate, a High school
Teacher, and a Teacher of English as a foreign language.
11.15-12.00
Hall D
Paper Presentation
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Research
Skills: Writing
Audience
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Learning Strategies
Skills: Writing
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Audience Type
Experienced /
Inexperienced
Contribution of Writing Centers to ELT in Secondary Interactive Research
& Higher Education
Paper Presentation
Dilek Tokay
Topic
This workshop focuses on why Writing Centers are
EAP
a necessity in Secondary and Higher Education ELT,
Learner Auyonomy
particularly in countries where skills integration is
Skills: Writing
not given a priority across the curriculum as a step for
intellectual literacy. The highlights of the workshop are
Audience
WHY, WHAT, HOW, and WHERE of Writing Centers,
EFL / ESL teachers
including the significance of institutionalization for
(general)
credibility, recognition, and progress.
Materials writers
Dilek Tokay has worked at METU [1970-1983], Bogazici Program administrators
University [1983-1999], and Sabanci University [19992014]. As a Board Member of European Writing Centers Audience Type
Experienced /
Association since 2002, President for 2005-2007, she is
Inexperienced
the recipient of IWCA2010 Muriel Harris Globe Award.
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11.15-12.00
Hall D
Graduate Writer Needs and Writing Tutors’ Tutoring
Styles
Deniz Saydam & Cahide Çavuşoğlu
This study concerns the needs of graduate academic
writers and the tutoring styles they want writing center
tutors to adopt. After a brief literature review on current
tutoring styles, tutees’ perceptions of their own needs
with respect to tutoring styles will be explained by
sharing our findings obtained from tutees through
vignettes and in-depth interviews.
Paper Presentation
Topic
EAP
Learner Autonomy
Skills: Writing
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Deniz Saydam teaches EAP. She is a PhD candidate in
Teachers of adult
ELT. Her research interests include teaching of academic learners
writing, language testing and assessment, and language Experienced teachers
teacher education.
Cahide Çavuşoğlu is an instructor of EAP. Her research
Audience Type
interests include teaching academic writing, writing
Experienced
tutoring and writing center administration.
11.15-12.00
Hall E
11.15-12.00
Hall F
Active reading with “Actively Learn”
Vildan Çal
In this e-session the presenter will introduce a free
online tool which allows teachers to create unique
reading materials by embedding videos, questions and
notes directly into a text. Actively Learn will become an
effective alternative to reading on paper in your classes
by getting students think,write and collaborate while
reading and by allowing teachers to track students’
progress easily.
E-session
Topic
Learner Autonomy
Skills: Reading
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Materials writers
Teacher educators
Vildan Çal is an instructor at Sabancı University, School
of Languages. She received her B.A in ELT from Boğaziçi Audience Type
University, an M.A in ELT from METU.
Experienced
Inexperienced
Towards a Diverse, Principled Eclecticism in Foreign Workshop
Language Teaching
Phil Keegan
Topic
Principled eclecticism involves making use of a variety
Approaches and
of methodologies and techniques with the aim of
Methodologies
supporting the learning process. This workshop will
challenge the audience to examine their own deeply held Professional
Development
beliefs about teaching and learning before making the
Teacher Training
case for a diverse, eclectic non-dogmatic approach to
foreign language teaching and learning.
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
Phil Keegan is a teacher trainer for Oxford University
Press Turkey, having previously worked as a teacher and/ (general)
or trainer in the UK, the USA, Germany, France, Austria, Teachers of adult
learners
Turkey and Malaysia.
Materials writers
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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11.15-12.00
Hall G
11.15-12.00
Hall H
Teaching Reading through “Jigsaw” Strategy
Dr. Tolkun Musaeva
The focus of the workshop is the jigsaw cooperative
learning strategy.It can be used as instructional activity
with a large amount of content to teach. It helps students
learn cooperation as group members share responsibility
for each other’s learning by using critical thinking and
social skills to complete an assignment. Subsequently, it
helps to improve listening, communication, and problemsolving skills.
Workshop
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Skills: Listening
Skills: Reading
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
Tolkun Musaeva 2011- October 14 The degree of
Candidate (Ph.D) of Philological sciences was conferred. learners
2007- 2009 MBA Bishkek Financial Economic Academy Materials writers
1999-2004 Kyrgyz National University Qualification“Teacher” Specialization-“Linguistic”
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
EFL Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices of
Paper Presentation
Intercultural Communicative Competence
İlkim Merve Yıldız
Topic
The present study addresses the question of to what
Global Issues
extent cross-cultural experiences affect EFL teachers’
perceptions of intercultural communicative competence. Language Policies
Additionally, the study analyzes their classroom practices
of intercultural communicative competence for fostering Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
EFL learners’ needs to communicate effectively and
(general)
appropriately with people from different linguistic and
Teachers of adult
cultural backgrounds.
learners
İlkim Merve Yıldız is an instructor at METU and MA
Teacher educators
TEFL student at Bilkent University. She received BA
from METU in 2009. She presented research in ICC and
Audience Type
written pragmatics.
Experienced
Inexperienced
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11.15-12.00
Hall H
Empowering Cultural Diversity in English Language
Teacher Education
Asst. Prof. Gülşah Külekçi, Dr. Esin Kumlu & Asst.
Prof. İrem Kızılaslan
This study attempts to improve ELT pre-service teachers’
intercultural sensitivity through comparative analysis
of literary texts. It adopted a quasi-experimental
research design. Students in the experimental group
were instructed to analyze literary texts from different
cultures. In the control group the curriculum included
texts selected merely from the British literature. Semistructured interviews were conducted with students from
the experimental group.
Dr. Gülşah Külekçi works as an Assistant Professor
at Dokuz Eylül University. Her research interests are
teacher education, using literature in language teaching
and the use of technology in ELT.
Dr. Esin Kumlu works as an Instructor at Dokuz Eylül
University. Her research areas are American literature,
Comparative Literature and the use of literature in ELT.
Dr. İrem Kızılaslan works as an Assistant Professor at
Dokuz Eylül University and as an Associate specialist at
TUBITAK. Her research interests are language teacher
education and qualitative methodology.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Panel Discussion on CEFR
13.00-14.00
Kemal
Kurdaş Hall
Linking Teaching and Testing to CEFR
Prof. Dr. Sinan Bayraktaroğlu, Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Mirici, Dr. Elif
Kantarcıoğlu & Zeynep Ürkün
Sinan Bayraktaroğlu
“Learner Autonomy” is at the core of *Common European Framework for Reference
(“CEFR”)*, which has been recognized internationally as a revolutionary guideline
in Foreign Language Learning, Teaching, and Assessment. While discussing the
principles of CEFR, the presentation will focus on “independent learning training”
which naturally involves practical pedagogical applications in “teaching how to
learn” and “learning to learn” English with special reference to challenges for the
Turkish university teachers and students.
İsmail Hakkı Mirici
The CEFR is defined as a framework providing a common basis for the elaboration
of language syllabuses, curriculum guidelines, examinations, textbooks, etc. across
Europe (Council of Europe 2001). While designing an EFL curriculum, descriptive
and prescriptive implications of the CEFR have potential to be of great help starting
from the needs analysis to the evaluation stages of the curriculum development.
In this presentation there will be alignment of the CEFR and the curriculum
development process.
Elif Kantarcıoğlu
Implementation of the CEFR into curriculum development is a relatively
straightforward process. However, it is the successful delivery of this curriculum
that is challenging, which requires ongoing training. Effective training of teachers in
the CEFR can only take place if the CEFR is embedded into the school system and
in my talk, I will suggest ways of doing this.
Zeynep Ürkün
The CEFR has, no doubt, been the most important development in language
teaching and assessment of the first two decades of the 21st century. However, as
with any other “cure”, it has to come with warning labels, especially in the area of
assessment. We will analyze what some of these might be and an example of how
these can be avoided.
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Plenary Talk
14.15-15.00
Kemal
Kurdaş Hall
Diversity from within: Focusing on the Classroom Teacher
Betil Eröz-Tuğa
Native, non-native, ex-pat, facilitator, counselor, teacher-researcher, trainer, trainee,
prospective, mentor, novice, experienced, … These terms describe English teachers
at different stages of their professional development; define the diverse roles they
play in the classroom; and determine the various labels they attain throughout their
journey of becoming ELT practitioners. Teachers are the backbones of language
classrooms; their philosophy, attitude, choices, preferences, academic training, and
sociocultural and educational background determine the what-goes-on and whatcomes-out of the language class. In this talk, we will talk about diversity amongst
and within teachers, focusing on the criticality of teacher culture on the outcomes of
language teaching/learning contexts.
Betil Eröz-Tuğa holds a BA degree in English Language Teaching from Middle East
Technical University (METU). She received an MA degree in English Language and
Linguistics/TEFL and a PhD degree in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
(SLAT) from the University of Arizona where she taught English composition
to American and international students. She is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Foreign Language Education at METU, training prospective English
teachers and supervising students pursuing MA or PhD degrees in ELT. Her main
teaching and research interests are sociolinguistics, teacher education, qualitative
classroom research, teaching writing, and language teaching methodology.
Currently, she is a visiting professor at METU, Northern Cyprus Campus. Concurrent Sessions
15.15-16.00
15.15-16.00
Hall A
EFL University Teachers’ Autonomy: A Prerequisite
to Students’ Autonomy
Dr. Fawzia Bouhass Benaissi
This work examines autonomy from the other side of the
desk, i.e. from the side of the teacher. Teacher autonomy
deserves the attention of the language teaching profession
as it is indeed a prerequisite towards leading learners to
autonomy. A teacher who is not autonomous himself in
his profession and classroom practice cannot reasonably
make of his/her learners become autonomous.
Dr. Fawzia Bouhass Benaissi holds an MPhil in Arts
Education (Warwick university, England) and PhD in
Applied Linguistics(Algeria). She is currently teaching
and supervising research students in Algeria. She is
interested in interculturality, communication, selfeducation.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Learner Autonomy
Professional
Development
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Applied linguists
Audience Type
Experienced
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15.15-16.00
Hall A
15.15-16.00
Hall B
15.15-16.00
Hall B
Teacher Efficacy and Concerns in Pre-Service ELT
Teachers
Seyit Ahmet Çapan
This study examines pre-service ELT teachers’ efficacy
levels and concerns about teaching. Adopting a mixedmethods approach, the study investigates whether there
is any correlation between pre-service ELT teachers’
efficacy levels and teaching concern stage. Findings
indicate statistically significant relationship between
teacher efficacy and concerns. Finally, the study employs
semi-structured interviews to clarify implications of
findings for ELT teacher education programs.
Paper Presentation
Seyit Ahmet Çapan is a research assistant and PhD
candidate at English Language Teaching Department,
Çukurova University. His research interests include
teacher cognition and mentoring practices in pre-service
teacher education.
How Technology Echoes in Second Language TeacherEducation: A Multi-Perspective Study
Assoc. Prof. Kemal Sinan Özmen & Esra Kızılet
The present study investigates the perception and
competences of student teachers and faculty about
instructional technology exploited in foreign language
teaching. A survey on instructional technologies is
adapted and administered to student teachers and faculty
of an ELT program in state university. The findings
indicate a significant difference between freshmen and
senior student teachers of ELT programs.
Audience Type
Experienced
Kemal Sinan Özmen works as an associate professor
at Gazi University, ELT Program. His research interests
center around teacher cognition and psychology.
Esra Kızılet works as a research assistant at Gazi
University, ELT Program. Ms. Kızılet is currently writing
her MA thesis.
Students’ Views on Technology Use: Lessons to Learn
An open-ended question was used to collect students’
opinions on technology use in instruction as part of
program evaluation research in a preparatory school.
The choice of open-ended question bore difficulties of
dealing with non-response, vague expression in language
and a broad scope of comments. However, it revealed
invaluable information about the issue unforeseen by the
researchers.
Topic
Professional
Development
Teacher Training
Audience
Teacher educators
Novice teachers
Paper Presentation
Topic
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Curriculum
Development
Research
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Defne Akıncı Midas is a language teacher at METU. She Teachers of adult
learners
holds an M.Ed. and working on her PhD. Her interests
include autonomy and motivation in ELT and materials
design.
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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15.15-16.00
Hall C
15.15-16.00
Hall C
Supporting Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning
through a Kinect-based Gaming
Hasan Aksoy, Mehmet Fatih Ürün & Rasim Çömez
This study is an attempt to seek out whether kinectbased gaming make a contribution to L2 vocabulary
acquisition. The design of of two groups with pre- and
posttest was utilized. The quantitative part of the study
had the pre-test/posttest quasi-experimental design. The
qualitative part of the study included post-study semistructured interviews with students.
Hasan Aksoy, Research Assistant at Turkish Military
Academy. BA in ELT at Bogazici University in 2012.
He is still pursuing his degree of MA in ELT at Gazi
University.
Rasim Çömez, Instructor at Gendarmerie. BA in ELT
at Bogazici University in 2013. He is still pursuing his
degree of MA in ELT at Gazi University.
Mehmet Fatih Ürün, English Instructor at Turkish
Military Academy. He completed his MA degree,
majoring in Curriculum and Instruction at METU in
2013. He is a PhD student in Curriculum and Instruction
at METU.
The Effect of SHIP on Teaching Vocabulary to EFL
Students
İbrahim Halil Topal & Yunus Emre Yavuz
60 EFL students were pretested and post-tested and given
story building tasks. The study revealed that students
who learned vocabulary through SHIP performed better
in vocabulary tests than those who learned through
other techniques. It also proved that SHIP had a positive
effect on written language production. The study further
demonstrated that students retained more words through
the proposed technique.
İ. Halil Topal has been teaching English at Gazi
University for three years.
Y. Emre Yavuz has been teaching English at Turkish
Military Academy for four years.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Learner Motivation
Skills: Vocabulary
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Research
Skills: Vocabulary
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Teachers of young
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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15.15-16.00
Hall D
15.15-16.00
Hall D
Engaging Pre-Service EFL Teachers in SelfEvaluation and Peer-Evaluation for Reflection
Fatma Gümüşok & Dr. Deniz Şallı Çopur
In this study, 27 pre-service EFL teachers were involved
in written self-evaluation and peer-evaluation processes
as a reflective practice in the first practicum course. At
the end of the course, 10 of them were interviewed to
gain their insights about these processes. The results
show that they gain awareness on their teaching, increase
self-confidence, obtain multiple and critical perspectives.
Using Software to Teach Vocabularies
Fatemeh Fazlali
The software, Auto play media studio8, is easy to use.
Teachers can easily make the proper learning objects
(LO) and teach whatever they like. Teachers can simply
put objects together and make their LO. By technology,
Teachers can have diversity in teaching and learning
process, they can help students learn easily and have fun.
Teachers can save time and energy.
Fatemeh Fazlali is a PhD candidate in university of
Tehran. She has been teaching English for more than 20
years. Her field of interest is Technology and Teaching.
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Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Research
Teacher Training
Audience
Fatma Gümüşok is a graduate of Hacettepe University, EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Department of English Language and Literature. She
Teacher
educators
holds an MA degree in ELT from METU. Currently, she is
a PhD student.
Dr. Deniz Şallı-Çopur is a teacher educator in the
Audience Type
Department of Foreign Language Education at Middle
East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Here, she has Experienced
been teaching ELT Methodology, Materials Adaptation
Inexperienced
and Evaluation, Teaching English to Young Learners,
and Teaching Practice courses to prospective teachers of
English.
Years of Experience, School Types and EFL Teachers’ Interactive Research
Paper Presentation
Motivation
Zeynep Aysan
Topic
This study investigated EFL teachers’ motivation in
Learner Motivation
three aspects:the factors motivating EFL teachers most
Professional
and least and the nature of them, the impact of years of
Development
experience and school type. The results demonstrated
Research
while strongest motivating factors are mainly intrinsic
ones, lowest motivating factors are extrinsic ones.
Audience
Additionally, private university teachers showed higher
EFL / ESL teachers
level of motivation resulting from extrinsic factors.
(general)
Zeynep Aysan is a PhD student and research assistant
at Foreign Language Education Department at METU.
Her research interests are mainly teacher education,
multilingualism and language policy.
15.15-16.00
Hall E
Paper Presentation
Novice teachers
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
E-session
Topic
Skills: Vocabulary
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Teachers of young
learners
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
15.15-16.00
Hall F
15.15-16.00
Hall G
Celebrating Shakespeare, Celebrating Diversity:
Shakespeare’s Unruly Women
Luke Prodromou
Women are half the sky. Their active presence in social
life is essential if human beings are to make the most
of the rich diversity of human creativity. Yet women,
even in the 21st century, are often excluded, ignored or
underestimated by a male-dominated world. In this talk,
we look back to ‘past masters’ like Shakespeare to get
a picture of the power and potential of women to enrich
human experience.
Dr. Luke Prodromou is a teacher, teacher-trainer
and materials writer. He has been a speaker at many
international conferences.
Creating and Adapting Materials for Effective
Teaching and Learning
Daria Tarakanova
There is a wide range of ESL Coursebooks which provide
teachers with all materials and instructions on how to
use them. However, it is questionable whether those
coursebooks meet the needs and expectations of the
learners. In this workshop we will talk about different
types of materials, main principles of designing and using
various materials in a classroom.
Daria Tarakanova holds an MA degree in Education
from Rostov State University of Teacher Training. She
is an ESL teacher and a Teacher-Trainer for TESOL
Programme at Queen TESOL Centre.
15.15-16.00
Hall H
Plagiarism and Paraphrasing: When Diversity Might
Set a Trap
Stephen Kuntz
Diversity in our classrooms and instruction has a
shadowy side. Using what we have learned from The
Plagiarism Awareness, Prevention, and Skill Building
Project, we will workshop the explication of plagiarism
and paraphrasing as both concepts and practice. While
engaging and equipping our students is the endgame,
we must first address our own diversity of knowledge,
understanding, attitude, and behaviour.
Workshop
Topic
Literature in ELT
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Workshop
Topic
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Teachers of young
learners
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Workshop
Topic
EAP
ELF / EIL
Skills: Writing
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of adult
learners
Stephen Kuntz is a former ESL, EAP, and literature
instructor. He now directs Writing Resources, University
of Alberta, and teaches non-credit writing and plagiarism
Audience Type
awareness workshops and a transition course for
Experienced
international students.
Inexperienced
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Concurrent Sessions
16.15 – 17.00
16.15-17.00
Hall A
Enhancing EFL Learners’ Literary Competence
through a Holistic Approach
Dr. Noureddine Guerroudj
The overall aim of this paper is to contribute further
in the field of teaching literature by raising teachers’
awareness of what I call a holistic approach in the
teaching of literature which is targeted to enhance
EFL learners’ literary competence at different levels:
linguistic, textual and semiotic.
Noureddine Guerroudj has an MA and a doctorate in
TEFL from the University of Sidi. His current interests
include teaching literature, learner autonomy and
research methodology in EFL learning and teaching.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Applied Linguistics
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learner Autonomy
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Novice teachers
Applied linguists
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
16.15-17.00
Hall A
Culture Teaching: Diversity of Materials and Methods
Serkan Şen
This study delves into the profile of EFL instructors’
knowledge of the target culture, their sources, and
classroom applications. Teachers believe that teaching
culture should focus on teaching material culture, the
most favorable sources of which are books, magazines,
journals, newspapers, television programs and films.
This shall prove the diversity of materials and methods in
culture teaching.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Professional
Development
Research
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
Serkan Şen is a lecturer in English at Baskent University. (general)
He holds a BA and an MA in ELT from Hacettepe
Teacher educators
University. He’s been teaching Effective Presentation
course to seniors.
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
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16.15-17.00
Hall B
16.15-17.00
Hall C
Developing Communicative Competence
Devrim Özdemir
… Competence, … Competence and all the other
Competencies. How many of them do we teachers
address? Which one of the competencies do we
emphasise/neglect in the classroom? Even though the
term ‘Communicative Competence’ is a high frequency
word in many TEFL Teacher Development courses,
do we address all competencies equally? Is the theory
we have been encouraged to take into consideration
really reflected in our teaching? In this talk Devrim
will try to reiterate the importance of the term with his
unique personal stories and show how a dream can be
realised. After this talk, Devrim will try to show how/
why Communicative Competence can no longer only be
something we consider as a ‘theory’ while he also shows
how it can be reflected in our ‘practice’.
Devrim Özdemir was born and brought up in London
and has been involved in ELT for more than 10 years,
with teaching and teacher-training experience in primary
and secondary schools and universities in Turkey,
England and China focusing primarily on classroom
management, personalised teaching and learning and
interactive teaching/learning techniques in his training
sessions. Devrim is a full time Educational Consultant
for Cambridge University Press. In addition to this, he
also continues to teach EAP courses every summer at the
University of Leicester in the UK.
The Impact of Diverse Reading-Writing Tasks on PreService EFL Teachers
Dr. Alev Özbilgin Gezgin
This paper examines the impact of diverse readingwriting classroom tasks on developing teacher identities.
The participants are Turkish pre-service EFL teachers at
a university in northern Cyprus. The presenter discusses
the importance of different tasks for pre-service teachers
to become more competent professionals in teaching
academic writing in a foreign language.
Alev Özbilgin has been an instructor, teacher educator
and researcher for more than 15 years. Currently she
works at Middle East Technical University Northern
Cyprus Campus.
Workshop
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Professional
Development
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
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16.15-17.00
Hall C
Chat Language In The Written English Of The
Nigerian Students
Dr. Ijaiya Bola Shakirat
The study focuses on the prevalence of chat language
in the formal writing of the Nigerian teenaged students
and reveals the influence of indiscriminate use of
pidginization, telegraphic forms, phonemic spellings,
code-mixing, etc. The paper concludes with the
functional method by which chat language can be used
for pedagogical purpose.
Ijaiya Bola Shakirat (PhD) works at Federal College of
Education in Kontagora, Niger State in Nigeria.
16.15-17.00
Hall D
16.15-17.00
Hall E
An Avalanche is coming.....
Grant Kempton
How much has teaching changed in the last thirty years?
I think that while the world has continued changing at an
incredible pace we in teaching have perhaps not changed
as fast. In this talk I’ll be looking at change and what it
means to us and why, if we don’t learn to ski soon, we
might be whisked off our feet by the coming avalanche...
in fact, the avalanche might already be here!
Grant Kempton has been involved in ELT for more
than 29 years. During that time he has been a teacher,
tester, curriculum coordinator, school director and
teacher trainer. He has been working as Senior Learning
Consultant for Pearson Education for more than ten
years. He is also an ELT writer, being involved in
such courses as Language Leader, Opportunities, New
Success and New Total English. Diversifying Knowledge Acquisition via InquiryBased Learning Applications
Arzu Bilgener
As English teachers, we should adapt to the developing
world of ELT. In classes, diversified student profiles
create a need for various teaching tools. Thanks to
diversified material resources, we possess many choices
and the internet is one of them. In this e-session, a
website called ‘Pear Deck’ will be presented. The
website, offers you diversified presentation and
assessment options.
Arzu Bilgener is an English Instructor in Izmir
University. She holds a BA degree in American Studies
from Dokuz Eylül University and still pursuing an MA
degree.
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Paper Presentation
Topic
ELF / EIL
Global Issues
Learning Strategies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of young
learners
Applied linguists
Audience Type
Experienced
Workshop
Topic
Learner Motivation
Learning Strategies
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
E-session
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Learner Motivation
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teachers of young
learners
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
16.15-17.00
Hall F
16.15-17.00
Hall G
Are You Assessment Literate?
Deena Boraie
Teachers who are assessment illiterate can have a
negative impact on student learning. Effective teachers
must have adequate assessment knowledge, skills and
understanding of assessment concepts. In this interactive
workshop, participants will reflect on their own
assessment literacy and identify the key principles of
sound assessment practices that promote learning.
Dr. Deena Boraie is the Dean and Professor of Practice
at the School of Continuing Education at the American
University in Cairo and she currently serves as Past
President of the TESOL International Association.
Marginalization and Othering in Multicultural
Teacher Education Textbooks
Asst. Prof. Babürhan Üzüm & Asst. Prof. Ali Fuad
Selvi
In this presentation, we will explore the concept of
othering, and then will work on a variety of textbook
excerpts to identify and analyze examples of othering and
discuss alternative strategies to develop more inclusive
multicultural education discourse/texts for teacher
candidates.
Baburhan Uzum is an Assistant Professor at Sam
Houston State University.
Ali Fuad Selvi is an Assistant Professor at METU-NCC.
16.15-17.00
Hall H
Perception and Awareness of Learner Autonomy at
the Beginner Level
Hande Nur Süren, Melike Tırnova & Şeniz Bilgi
Learner autonomy has become quite an important area
due to the rise of student-centered approaches. This
study aims to identify whether METU Preparatory
School beginner level students with diverse backgrounds
are aware of taking charge of their own learning. The
findings of the study will be of interest to a large variety
of audiences working on learner autonomy.
Hande Nur Süren is a senior student at METU,
Department of Foreign Language Education. Her
research interests include language learning strategies,
learner autonomy and teaching English as a foreign
language.
Melike Tırnova is a senior student at METU,
Department of Foreign Language Education. She is
interested in teaching English as a foreign language,
language learning strategies and learner autonomy.
Şeniz Bilgi has been teaching at METU, Department
of Basic English since 2002. She has a wide range of
interest areas: security and terrorism studies, research
skills and academic writing.
Workshop
Topic
Assessment and
Evaluation
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Workshop
Topic
Curriculum
Development
Global Issues
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Materials writers
Teacher educators
Audience Type
Experienced
Inexperienced
Paper Presentation
Topic
Approaches and
Methodologies
Learner Autonomy
Learner Motivation
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Novice teachers
Audience Type
Experienced
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16.15-17.00
Hall H
Pre-service EFL Teachers’ Learner Autonomy Beliefs
based on Practicum Experiences
Banu Çiçek Başaran, Fatma Gümüşok & Melike
Bekereci
This quantitative study investigates the relationship
between pre-service teachers’ beliefs about desirabilityachievability of learner autonomy and practicum. A
questionnaire was administered to 57 pre-service teachers
before and after their 10-week practicum experiences.
The results revealed that the participants’ beliefs differred
after practicum based on the observed age group. This
study provides teacher-trainers and policy-makers
valuable insights about this phenomenon.
Paper Presentation
Topic
Learner Autonomy
Professional
Development
Teacher Training
Audience
EFL / ESL teachers
(general)
Teacher educators
Banu Çiçek Başaran is a graduate of METU, Foreign
Language Education Department. She did her MA in
English Language Teaching at METU. Currently, she is a
Audience Type
PhD. student in the same department.
Fatma Gümüşok is a graduate of Hacettepe University, Experienced
Inexperienced
The Department of English Language and Literature.
She did her MA in English Language Teaching at METU.
Currently, she is a PhD. student in the same department.
Melike Bekereci is a graduate of Yeditepe University,
Department of Translation and Interpreting. Currently
she is an MA student at METU English Langauge
Teaching Program.
Plenary Talk
17.15-18.00
Kemal
Kurdaş Hall
Teaching with Screens
Lindsay Clandfield
Plenary Talk
While screens and projectors have been around for a long time in language teaching
(remember the Overhead Projector, or the Slide projector??), it’s only now that
they are increasingly ubiquitous. This talk addresses how language teaching may
be changing as a result of increased ‘screen time’. We’ll take a fresh look at lesson
planning to ensure a balance of working styles and interaction patterns in the
communicative classroom equipped with a projector and a screen.
Lindsay Clandfield is an award-winning writer, teacher, teacher trainer and
international speaker in the field of English language teaching.
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Daria Tarakanova
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Faruk Türker
Fatemeh Fazlali
Fatma Galatyalı
Fatma Gümüşok
Fatma O’Neill
Fawzia Bouhass Benaissi
Germán Merino
Gökçe Akıntürk-Erkaya
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Gökçen Aydın
Gölge Seferoğlu
Gözde Balıkçı
Grant Kempton
Gülşah Külekçi
Hakan Tarhan
Halil İbrahim Çınarbaş
Hande Nur Süren
Hasan Aksoy
Hatice Nur Özçelik
Hatice Yağcı
İbrahim Topal
Ibrahim Yabagi Mohammed
Ijaiya Bola Shakirat
İlkim Merve Yıldız
İrem Kızılaslan
Işıl Günseli Kaçar
İsmail Hakkı Mirici
Kadriye Aytaç
Kaine Gulozer
Kathleen F. Malu
Kemal Sinan Özmen
Kübra Saygılı
Levent Balcıoğlu
Lindsay Clandfield
Lucy Costa
Luke Prodromou
M. Çağlar Altıparmak
Mehmet Karaca
Melike Bekereci
Melike Tırnova
Mertcan Üney
Miriam Sánchez
Mohaddeseh Alavi
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Müge Güneri
Murat Demirekin
Müslüme Demir
Nasrin Altuwairesh
Nazlınur Göktürk
Nihansu Yurtseven
Nikoloz Parjanadze
Noureddine Guerroudj
Nurdan Özbek Gürbüz
Nuria Ballesteros
Nuriye Karakaya
Nurtaç Kavukçu Atak
Olga Skliar
Özlem Özbakış
Özlem Zengin Ünal
Pelin Irgın
Phil Keegan
Redouane Madaoui
Saliha Toscu
Sedat Akayoğlu
Sena Balban
Şeniz Bilgi
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Sibel Korkmazgil
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Sibel Tüzel Kandiller
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Sinan Bayraktaroğlu
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Stephen Kuntz
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Şükran Saygı
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Sultan Tutku Budak
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Suresh Canagarajah
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Susana Gomez Martinez
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Tansu Akkuş
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Tolkun Musaeva
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Tuba Karagöz
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Tuğçe Köse
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Tülay İmre
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Ufuk Akdemir
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Vildan Çal
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Wendy Kasap
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Yasmine Salah El-Din
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Yeşim Eraslan
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Yeşim Nalkesen [email protected]
Yiğit Sümbül
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Zeynep Akşit
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Zeynep Aysan
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Zeynep Gönenç Afyon
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Zeynep Mine Derince
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Zeynep Ünlüer
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School of Foreign Languages
Department of Basic English
Ankara / TURKEY
Tel: 0090 312 2102160 - 0090 312 2103978
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